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Belbury Castle

England
List entry 1017774
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017774
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.33 hectares
Grid reference
SY 07575 94047
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Belbury Castle is a hillfort located in Devon, England. The site occupies a naturally defensive position and represents Iron Age settlement activity in the region. The monument is scheduled and recorded in the national heritage list, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric fortification and land use in Devon. Little detailed archaeological investigation has been conducted at the site, limiting our understanding of its precise chronology and internal arrangements.

Belbury Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017774. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Belbury Castle?

Belbury Castle is a hillfort located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017774.

Who is responsible for protecting Belbury Castle?

Belbury Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017774.

What other scheduled monuments are near Belbury Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, 850m north west of Stowford House (7.2 km), Two bowl barrows on Colaton Raleigh Common, 500m north and 780m north east of Woodbury Castle (7.2 km), Woodbury Castle (7.9 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Belbury Castle

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Belbury Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Colaton Raleigh Common, 850m north west of Stowford House
7.2 km
Two bowl barrows on Colaton Raleigh Common, 500m north and 780m north east of Woodbury Castle
7.2 km
Woodbury Castle
7.9 km
Old church (remains of)
8.3 km
Bowl barrow 130m south east of St Mary's Church
8.5 km
High Peak Camp
8.6 km
Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, 640m and 625m east of Four Firs
8.6 km
Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, both 330m east of Four Firs
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Belbury Castle

Belbury Castle stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Belbury Castle

ExeterRoman town · ~9.7 miles
Domesday entry for Ottery, Devon →
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