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Burridge Hill fort is an Iron Age hillfort located in Devon, England. The site is defined by its defensive earthwork consisting of a single bank and ditch that encircles the hilltop, a characteristic feature of Iron Age fortifications in the southwest. The fort occupies a strategic elevated position typical of settlements from this period, which served both defensive and administrative functions for the communities that occupied them. Like many Devonshire hillforts, Burridge Hill demonstrates the settlement patterns and territorial organization of Iron Age societies in the Southwest Peninsula.
Burridge Hill fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002514. View the official record →
Burridge Hill fort is an Iron Age hillfort located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002514.
Burridge Hill fort 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 1002514.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barnstaple Castle (2.6 km), Hillfort, Cunnilear or Coneybeare Wood (4.2 km), Motte called Castle Roborough (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burridge Hill fort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Burridge Hill fort stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.