Hawkesdown Hill

Hawkesdown Hill, also known as Hawkesdown Camp, is an Iron Age Hill fort close to Axmouth in Devon [1]. It is situated on a prominent hillside above the Axe Estuary and is approximately 130 metres above sea level [1]. The hill fort has a single earthwork boundary enclosing about 2.5 hectares with an outwork to the east [1]. The roughly rectangular interior is some 250 metres in length, on an east-west orientation, with a width of some 100 metres [1]. The boundary consists of a rampart, which survives in places to a height of 4 metres, surrounded by a U-shaped ditch over 2 metres deep [1]. The outwork lies 100 metres to the east and is 17.8 metres wide and 0.4 metres high [1]. Remains found on the site suggest it was subject to an attack by the Romans, although the circumstances are unrecorded, and may simply reflect use of an abandoned site for training purposes [1]. Hawkesdown Camp was designated as a scheduled monument in 1924 [1].