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

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 11938

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Peppercombe Castle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.534 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Bideford  Nearest Village: Horns Cross
Map Ref: SS379240  Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.992508N  Longitude: 4.311181W
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.
4 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.
2 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
3

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS3724 : Coast path above Peppercombe by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2009(licence)
SS3824 : Castle Bungalow by Grant Sherman
by Grant Sherman
©2005(licence)
SS3824 : Castle Bungalow, Peppercombe by Grant Sherman
by Grant Sherman
©2005(licence)
SS3824 : Castle Bungalow by Fiona Jackson
by Fiona Jackson
©2015(licence)
SS3723 : Coast path in Sloo Wood by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2009(licence)

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