Membury Castle

Membury Castle
Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0

Membury Castle is an Iron Age univallate hillfort above the village of Membury in Devon, England. It occupies a commanding hilltop at 204 m above sea level between the Yarty and Axe valleys. The elongated interior stretches approximately 225 m north-south with a maximum width of 60 m, enclosing about 1.3 hectares with a rampart and three main entrances. It is one of seven hillforts in the Blackdown Hills designated as Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.8210° N, 3.0189° W

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