Denbury Hill

Denbury Hill (also Denbury Camp or Denbury Down) is an Iron Age hillfort near Denbury village in Devon, England, occupying the entire hilltop at 160 metres above sea level. The oval enclosure is defined by a single rampart and ditch with a counterscarp bank, with high embankments on the south and east sides, and two large burial mounds in the centre. The name derives from Old English "Defna burg" meaning "Fort of the men of Devon". The fort was likely reoccupied after the Roman departure, possibly as a British resistance centre against the Saxons, though this remains uncertain as the site has never been excavated.