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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Lethen CastleCountry: 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:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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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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