Prestonbury Castle

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Prestonbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort on the north-east edge of Dartmoor in Devon. It occupies on a massive hilltop some 787 feet above sea level[1] overlooking the River Teign and the Teign Valley.

Nearby are two other hill forts, Cranbrook Castle and Wooston Castle, both of which lie about a mile and half away.[2]

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References

  1. Outdoor Leisure 28 - Dartmoor. Ordnance Survey. 1995. 
  2. Sellman, R. R. (1985) Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books ISBN 0-86114-756-1; Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon (Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Prestonbury)

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