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<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 11440

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Country: England County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Newton Abbot  Nearest Village: Chudleigh
Map Ref: SX875787  Landranger Map Number: 192
Latitude: 50.597149N  Longitude: 3.590887W
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.
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
4

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Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by Creative Commons : Castle Dyke hill fort (the bank is marked by the line of trees at the edge of the field) Copyright Chris Denny and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Devon

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Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : Looking approx south over the central area. Taken several years ago with permission to visit area by landowner. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : Looking towards the eastern (L) to central (R) interior. Taken several years ago on a visit permitted by landowner. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : Standing where the sheep were in the previous shot, looking along bank and towards interior at approx NE. (That's one of the round bumpy growths on the tree, extreme left.) Taken several years ago, while on private visit allowed by landowner. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : Banks above the entrance gap at approx NE, looking E. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : This view shows the outer banks of the hillfort at approx NE, with a glimpse of the interior towards centre right. [IIRC - Taken several years ago and just found.] (This site is not open to the public and we had permission to be there.) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : This part of the bank viewed from outside the defences, is approx N I'd guess. Normally private land, our small group were allowed here several years ago now. I have several more photos of the inside somewhere, which I'll try to find!

Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)
Castle Dyke (Chudleigh) submitted by AngieLake : This shows a break in the bank towards the N or NE if I'm remembering correctly. Several years ago our small group were allowed into this area, but it is normally private.

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Re: Castle Dyke by AngieLake on Monday, 20 November 2006
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Attention Admins: Just checked out the (Chudleigh, Devon) 'Castle Dyke' hillfort site page, having noticed another Castle Dyke on the 'Lidwell' multimap, and found that Yorkshire 'Castle Dykes' photos have attached themselves to this page.
NB: I have photos of this (Chudleigh) hillfort, but not the permission to use them.
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