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<< Text Pages >> Lethen Castle - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 4838

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lethen Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.899 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Crediton  Nearest Village: Yeoford
Map Ref: SX761974  Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.762923N  Longitude: 3.758154W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Possible Hillfort in Devon. Lethen or Leden Castle is the name of a reputed camp, formerly supposed to be in Colbrook, but believed to be in the Woodland tything of Crediton.

It is raised plot of ground on the point of a hill, and all that remains of its defences is a bank about 200 yards long, in form of part of an oval. It commands extensive views to the east and north-west, and may perhaps have been the site of a large beacon. Its name, if it be Anglo-Saxon, may appear to connect it with the Roman Colford, a neighbouring hamlet, which is traditionally said to have been a Roman settlement.

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