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Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House

England
List entry 1017192
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017192
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.87 hectares
Grid reference
SS9733600433
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Dolbury Hillfort is a univallate hillfort situated on high ground north of Killerton House near Exeter in Devon. The monument comprises a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an approximately oval interior, characteristic of Iron Age hillfort construction in the southwest of England. Dating evidence and comparative morphology suggest occupation during the Iron Age period, though the site has not been subject to extensive archaeological excavation that would establish a precise chronological range. The hillfort represents a typical example of the defensive settlements that dominated the Devon landscape during the later prehistory of southern Britain.

Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017192. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House?

Dolbury Hillfort is a univallate hillfort situated on high ground north of Killerton House near Exeter in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017192.

Who is responsible for protecting Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House?

Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House 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 1017192.

What other scheduled monuments are near Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road (8.9 km), Roman, Anglo Saxon and medieval defences called collectively Exeter City Walls (9.2 km), Underground passages (9.2 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road
8.9 km
Roman, Anglo Saxon and medieval defences called collectively Exeter City Walls
9.2 km
Underground passages
9.2 km
Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral
9.3 km
Clyst St Mary Bridge and causeway
9.3 km
Law Library, Cathedral Yard
9.4 km
Part of the Roman town of Exeter, beneath Cathedral Green
9.4 km
Roman baths (site of), The Deanery
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House

Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic lava.

The wider landscape

Around Dolbury Hillfort, 230m North of Killerton House

ExeterRoman town · ~5.9 miles
Domesday entry for Yard, Devon →
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