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Castle Head is a promontory fort located in Devon, England, with Iron Age origins. The site occupies a naturally defensible headland position, utilising steep cliffs and natural topography to create a fortified enclosure. The monument's defensive character, defined by its strategic coastal location and earthwork defences, is typical of Iron Age coastal settlements in south-western England. The site represents evidence of prehistoric settlement and territorial control along the Devon coastline during the pre-Roman period.
Castle Head promontory fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020272. View the official record →
Castle Head is a promontory fort located in Devon, England, with Iron Age origins. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020272.
Castle Head promontory 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 1020272.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holmbush Mine: Windsor Lane rotative engine house with adjacent boiler house, loadings and platform (6.9 km), Holmbush Mine: Hitchen's Shaft complex (7 km), Folly on Kit Hill (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Head promontory 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.
Castle Head promontory fort stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.