Warbstow Bury

Warbstow Bury is an Iron Age hillfort about 0.5 miles west of the village of Warbstow, in Cornwall [1]. The site is 807 feet above sea level, on a hill at the heads of two tributaries of the River Ottery [1]. The fort is one of the largest earthworks in Cornwall [1]. It is an oval enclosure, area about 7.5 hectares [1]. There are two concentric ramparts and ditches; the ramparts are up to 5.8 metres high, with ditches up to 2.7 metres deep [1]. Between these, in the southern part, are the remains of an earlier rampart [1]. In the centre of the fort is a medieval rabbit warren: a rectangular mound, or pillow mound, about 22 metres long, 10 metres wide and 0.6 metres high [1]. It is known as "The Giant's Grave" or "King Arthur's Grave" [1].