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

Submitted by mattimpey on Monday, 28 July 2008  Page Views: 8274

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Berry Castle (Devon)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Tiverton  Nearest Village: Witheridge
Map Ref: SS835171
Latitude: 50.941535N  Longitude: 3.659551W
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.
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.
1 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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Berry Castle (Devon)
Berry Castle (Devon) submitted by mattimpey : The rampart and ditch of the east side of Berry Castle can just be made out in the middle of a farmers field. The ditch is almost rectangular in shape. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Berry Castle is a very small hillfort, almost rectangular in shape. All that remains is a shallow ditch and rampart in the middle of a cow field.
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Berry Castle (Devon)
Berry Castle (Devon) submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Berry Castle (Devon) Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

Berry Castle (Devon)
Berry Castle (Devon) submitted by mattimpey : A picture taken of the west side ditch and earth rampart of Berry Castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS8317 : Witheridge: near Berry Castle by Martin Bodman
by Martin Bodman
©2006(licence)
SS8317 : Lane to Queen Dart Cross by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2011(licence)
SS8317 : North Devon : Queen Dart Cross by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2017(licence)
SS8317 : North Devon : Queen Dart Cross by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2017(licence)
SS8316 : North Devon : Higher Queen Dart by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2017(licence)

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