<< Our Photo Pages >> Windbury Head Fort - Hillfort in England in Devon
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Windbury Head FortCountry: England County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SS28612658
Latitude: 51.012994N Longitude: 4.44465W
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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Windbury Head Fort Internally measures 120 metres east-west and 40 metres north-south but originally it was perhaps double this size. Now eroded by cliff-slip. It is univallate, though the rampart now appears as a scarp 7 metres wide, up to 2 metres high, with a poorly defined terrace 4 - 6 metres wide representing the former ditch. There is an overgrowth inturning at SS28672660 in the south east. This is possibly an original entrance, The substantial earthworks define a sub-rectangular area adjacent to the cliff edge.
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