Woodbury Castle

Woodbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near the village of Woodbury in the English county of Devon, some eight miles southeast of the city of Exeter.

3D view of the digital terrain model
This article is about the hillfort near Exeter. For the hillfort near Dartmouth, see Woodbury, Stoke Fleming.

Part of the hillfort's earthworks

The fort is situated on a high point of Woodbury Common, at approximately 185 metres (607 ft) above sea level, in a commanding position with views up and down the Exe Estuary and across Lyme Bay in both directions. The structure is a prehistoric military type of earthwork.[1]

References
  1. Sellman, R. R. (1985). Aspects of Devon History. Exeter: Devon Books. p. 11 (map).

50°40′40″N 3°22′12″W


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