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'''Blackbury Camp''' is an Iron Age hill fort by [[Southleigh]] in [[Devon]]. | '''Blackbury Camp''' is an Iron Age hill fort by [[Southleigh]] in [[Devon]]. | ||
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The fort occupies the end of a large ridge at some {{convert|185|m|ft|0|x}} above sea level.<ref>R. R.Sellman, ''Aspects of Devon History'' (Exeter: Devon Books, 1985), p. 11. ISBN 0-86114-756-1</ref> It was defended by a single bank and ditch, forming a roughly D-shaped enclosure approximately 650 feet long and 350 feet wide.<ref>{{EH hist link}}</ref> The triangular barbican was added to the south later but was never completed. | The fort occupies the end of a large ridge at some {{convert|185|m|ft|0|x}} above sea level.<ref>R. R.Sellman, ''Aspects of Devon History'' (Exeter: Devon Books, 1985), p. 11. ISBN 0-86114-756-1</ref> It was defended by a single bank and ditch, forming a roughly D-shaped enclosure approximately 650 feet long and 350 feet wide.<ref>{{EH hist link}}</ref> The triangular barbican was added to the south later but was never completed. | ||
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*Location map: {{wmap|50.7252|-3.1527|zoom=14}} | *Location map: {{wmap|50.7252|-3.1527|zoom=14}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:39, 4 June 2016
Blackbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort by Southleigh in Devon.
The ramparts of the fort are still relatively high, showing an unusual entrance feature, described as a barbican, though this was apparently never completed.
The fort occupies the end of a large ridge at some 607 feet above sea level.[1] It was defended by a single bank and ditch, forming a roughly D-shaped enclosure approximately 650 feet long and 350 feet wide.[2] The triangular barbican was added to the south later but was never completed.
The fort was probably occupied in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Blackbury Camp) |
- Location map: 50°43’31"N, 3°9’10"W
- Streetmap: SY187923
References
- ↑ R. R.Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Exeter: Devon Books, 1985), p. 11. ISBN 0-86114-756-1
- ↑ Blackbury Camp: History and research
