More information : Ancient earthworks exist, or are recorded at ...
Bideford (Castle Park). (1)
An earthwork, of irregular oblong shape, formed by a single
bank and ditch about 260 feet in length from east to west, has
been almost destroyed by ploughing in a field called 'Castle
Park', about a mile west of Bideford near the estate of Daddon
(now Moreton Park - SS 4326). The bank was about 30 feet high.
Near the east end were the foundations of a keep, nearly
circular and about 95 feet in diameter, with a ditch 15 feet in
width. (2)
There is no trace of any earthwork in the extensive grounds of
Moreton Park, now Grenville College. The area is relatively flat
and unlikely to contain what appears to have been a promontory
work of some sort.
No documentary information could be obtained locally to sustain
Dvidison's note and it may be the location is in error for he
does say 'near' the estate of Daddon (which could have been of
great size) not on the estate proper. (3)
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