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Higher Bury Camp
Hob Uid: 445705
Location : Devon Teignbridge Tedburn St. Mary
Grid Ref : SX7978095720
Summary : An iron age slight univallate hillfort situated on a hilltop on the watershed between Ford Brook to the west and River Culvery to the east. The interior of the hillfort survives as a sub-triangular enclosure.
More information : (SX 79789572) Higher Bury (NR) (1) Higher Bury Camp, a simple defensive enclosure, is a square camp the sides 300 feet long and ramparts 3 feet high. The ramparts are extant on the north and west sides, but an escarpment on the east is lost towards the south. (2) Higher Bury Camp is sub-triangular, and is typical of a small Iron Age defensive earthwork. It has a single rampart, best preserved on the west where it is up to 2.0 metres high, with traces of an outer ditch. The northern side is now only a scarp which continues along the south east side though here it has been re-cut to form a boundary bank. A gap in the south west corner appears to be a simple entrance. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3) SX 797957 Higher Bury Camp Scheduled No 854. (4)

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Source details : OS 1:10 000 1974
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Source details : Victoria County History 1 Devon 1906 p611
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Source details : F1 MJF 23-SEP-69
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Source details : DOE (IAM) 1st Amendment to 1971 List of Ancient Monuments 1973 p10
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 31/01/1997
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : IRON AGE
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Monument Type : Univallate Hillfort
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DV 854
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28619
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 79 NE 2
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-09-23
End Date : 1969-09-23

Historic England Research Records

Higher Bury Camp