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Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke

England
List entry 1003846
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003846
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
17.16 hectares
Grid reference
SX 87438 78629
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke is a univallate hillfort located near Chudleigh in Devon. The site comprises a single defensive earthwork consisting of a substantial bank and external ditch enclosing an irregular polygonal area on sloping ground. The monument dates to the Iron Age, representing a class of fortified settlement characteristic of the first millennium before the Common Era in the south-west peninsula. The earthwork remains substantially visible in the modern landscape and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument.

Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003846. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke?

Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke is a univallate hillfort located near Chudleigh in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003846.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke?

Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke 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 1003846.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tramp's Shelter, Chudleigh Rocks (0.8 km), Bishop's Palace (0.9 km), Pixie's Hole, Chudleigh Rocks (0.9 km).

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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.
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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

Tramp's Shelter, Chudleigh Rocks
0.8 km
Bishop's Palace
0.9 km
Pixie's Hole, Chudleigh Rocks
0.9 km
Cow Cave, Chudleigh Rocks
1 km
Castle Dyke
4.9 km
Earthwork (possibly civil war) on Bovey Heath
5.8 km
Bishop's Palace, Bishopsteignton
5.9 km
Cromwell's Arch and adjacent arch
5.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke

Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Dyke camp, Ugbrooke

ExeterRoman town · ~9.1 miles
Domesday entry for Gappah, Devon →
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