Belbury Castle

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Belbury Castle is the name given to an Iron Age earthwork, probably a hill fort or livestock enclosure, close to Ottery St Mary in eastern Devon.

The earthwork is on part of a hilltop at approximately 380 feet above sea level.[1]

Location

References

  1. R. R. Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map). ISBN 0-86114-756-1