Blackbury Camp
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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.
Outside links
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- 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