LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Devon MDV9008 (None)
NMR: SX 87 NE 10 (446639)
SM: 1003846
NGR: SX87507875
X: 287476 Y: 78770 (OSGB36)
Contour hillfort, possible multiple enclosure, located on prominent NE-SW ridge summit above Dawlish Water to NE and River Teign and tributary to SW. Steep slopes to SE and NW, moderate along ridge NE-SW. There are two enclosures. Circular inner surrounds level area with strong single rampart and ditch enclosing c. 3.6ha. Two inturned entrances to NE and SW and three modern gaps. Outer enclosure extends to S of inner with long curved rampart and ditch following the contours, some 274m from inner rampart, and running for c. 183m from steep natural escarpment on SE to another on NW. Further E ditch lost and rampart fades. Possibly never finished or mutilated. This encloses c. 5.7 ha. Central entrance with deep inturn on E side, with right-angled bank within at this point possibly suggesting embanked entranceway. Improved pasture interior, trees and scrub on banks. Trees in middle of interior. Copse outside to SSW. In general good condition. Excavation in 1960s (no details). On 1st Ed. OS map (1889). Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -399782 Y: 6550439 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.591299383882539 Latitude: 50.59770862692141 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Devon
Historic County: Devon
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Chudleigh
General good condition. Within Ugbrook Park.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Improved pasture interior, trees and scrub on banks. Trees in middle of interior. Copse outside to SSW.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Contour hillfort, possible multiple enclosure, located on prominent NE-SW ridge summit above Dawlish Water to NE and River Teign and tributary to SW. Steep slopes to SE and NW, moderate along ridge NE-SW.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✓ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Hill top
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 123.0m
N/A
None.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1889). Excavation 1960's A. Hands - no details.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889): | OS map. |
| Excavation (None): | A. Hands - no details. |
None.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
No details.
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Two probably original inturned entrances to NE and SW and three modern gaps to inner enclosure. Central entrance with deep inturn on E side of outer enclosure bank, with right-angled bank within at this point possibly suggesting embanked entranceway.
| 6: | Three modern gaps to inner enclosure. |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (North east): | Inner enclosure entrance. |
| 2. In-turned (South west): | Inner enclosure entrance. |
| 3. In-turned (East): | Outer enclosure entrance. Deep inturn. |
| 3. Passage-way/Corridor (East): | Possibly embanked entranceway. |
Circular inner surrounds level area with strong single rampart and ditch enclosing c. 3.6ha. Outer enclosure extends to S of inner with long curved rampart and ditch following the contours, some 274m from inner rampart, and running for c. 183m from steep natural escarpment on SE to another on NW. Further E ditch lost and rampart fades. Possibly never finished or mutilated.
| Area 1: | 3.6ha. |
| Area 2: | 5.7ha. |
| Total: | 5.7ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Inner enclosure c. 3.6ha, outer c. 5.7ha. |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Outer enclosure bank possibly never finished or mutilated.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
No details.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Ditch to both enclosures. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Wall, J.C. 1906. Ancient Earthworks, In W. Page (ed), The Victoria County History of the County of Devon, Vol I, London: James Street, Haymarket, 592-93.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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