Wooston Castle

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Wooston Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Devon on the edge of a hill overlooking the River Teign and the Teign Valley in Devon.

The fort occupies a hilltop some 650 feet above sea level, only a couple of miles south and east of Prestonbury Castle and 3 miles east of Cranbrook Castle.[1]

References

  1. R.R.Sellman; Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books 1985 - ISBN 0-86114-756-1 - Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon. Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Wooston.

Coordinates: 50°41′37″N 3°45′00″W / 50.6936°N 3.7500°W / 50.6936; -3.7500