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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wind Hill Alternative Name: Countisbury CastleCountry: England County: Devon Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Ilfracombe Nearest Village: Lynmouth
Map Ref: SS740493 Landranger Map Number: 180
Latitude: 51.228938N Longitude: 3.805938W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Iron Age site has been described by archaeologist Aileen Fox as ‘A magnificent promontory fort on the North Devon coast.'
It is one of the possible locations for 'Arx Cynuit', the site of the invasion of Hubba the Dane in 878AD. 'Arx Cynuit' has been translated as Countisbury, but also as Kenwith Castle near Bideford SS4327. Hubba was defeated by Odda, Ealdorman of Devon.
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