Bremridge Wood
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Bremridge Wood is a woodland which was formerly part of the Domesday Book estate of Bremridge near South Molton in Devon.
Within the wood is the site of an Iron Age enclosure or hill fort. The earthwork is situated in woodland on a hillside forming a promontory above the River Bray to the west of the town at some 575 feet above sea level.[1][2]
Location
- Location map:51°2’38"N, 3°52’20"W
References
- ↑ Sellman, R.R.: 'Aspects of Devon History' (Devon Books, 1985) ISBN 0-86114-756-1. Chapter: "The Iron Age in Devon" (Map of Iron Age hill forts in Devon)
- ↑ Whybrow, Charles (1970). "The Early Iron Age (ch.4)". Antiquary's Exmoor. Dulverton: Exmoor Press. pp. 23 (Mention of Bremridge Wood as example of an 'overlapping entrance' spur fortification). ISBN 978-0-9500133-4-3.
