Misplaced Pages

Musbury Castle

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Iron Age hill fort in East Devon, England

50°44′31″N 3°01′01″W / 50.741949°N 3.017°W / 50.741949; -3.017

Musbury Castle is located in DevonMusbury Castleclass=notpageimage| Map showing the location of Musbury Castle within Devon
(grid reference SY282941)

Musbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated above the Village of Musbury in Devon. The fort occupies a commanding hill top approx 175 Metres above Sea Level overlooking the Axe valley at Ordnance Survey grid reference SY282941.

Musbury Castle
  • A low green ridge bends away to the right, in the background is a distant shore below the hill Part of the fort and the view to Seaton on the South Devon coast.
  • Three wooded hills loom high above a muddy estuary Musbury Castle on the left of three hills viewed from the estuary of the river Axe

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 Musbury


Stub icon

This article about a Devon building or structure is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article relating to archaeology in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: