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Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 04 January 2010  Page Views: 3525

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Holbury Camp (Devon)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 7.23 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SX62385049
Latitude: 50.338213N  Longitude: 3.935232W
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
no data 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.
no data 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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MortenKiil visited on 16th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Holbury seems to mean Hollow fortification...

Hillfort in Devon

From Pastscape: "Iron Age slight univallate hillfort also known as Oldbury Camp and Castle Paise located 750 metres east of Holwell Lodge and including 2 outworks to north and west of the hillfort. Several other hillforts can be seen from the single rampart which includes a bank, outer ditch and counterscarp. The hillfort has a single rampart 280m long by 220m wide across the visible earthwork, straddling the 80m to 90m contour.The bank survives best on the north side where it rises o.8m from the interior at the west end to 2.3m at the east. On average it is 7m wide, but this increases to 10m to 12m by 2.6m high in the north east corner. The east, west and south ramparts are fossilised in hedge banks but mainly survive as scarps 5m wide. The ditch has been largely filled in and is on average 15m wide and 0.2m deep to the south, east and west side. On the north side a modern track follows the ditch where it is 10m wide and 0.4m deep at the west end and 0.8m deep at the east. A counterscarp bank here is 8m wide by 0.4m high, but has been reduced by ploughing elsewhere. There are 3 original entrances with associated outworks; 2 to the north east and north west. A third lies to the west but is now blocked. A fourth entrance is of modern date and is on the south side. Scheduled."
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SX6250 : View east of Holbeton by Derek Harper
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SX6250 : Valley below Holbeton by Derek Harper
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SX6250 : Lane south of Venges Brake by Stuart Logan
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SX6250 : Minor road to the Flete Estate by jeff collins
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SX6249 : Marsh east of Holbeton Wood by Stuart Logan
by Stuart Logan
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