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<< Text Pages >> Brightley Barton Camp - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 7156

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Brightley Barton Camp
Country: England County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Barnstaple  Nearest Village: Halsinger
Map Ref: SS6124822911  Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 50.988829N  Longitude: 3.978303W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
3 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
4

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SS6023 : Lane to Brightley Barton by Derek Harper
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SS6022 : Toit's Cottages by Roger Cornfoot
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SS6022 : Road past Toit's Cottages by Derek Harper
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Re: Brightley Barton Camp by davep on Friday, 09 February 2024
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The grid reference for this site is out by nearly a kilometer. There is a scheduled monument with the same name at: SS 61248 22911. See Brightley Barton camp. I cannot find a hillfort listed on the HER at SS520390.
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