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Embury Beacon camp

England
List entry 1003845
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003845
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.73 hectares
Grid reference
SS 21699 19503
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Embury Beacon camp is a univallate hillfort situated on high ground in Devon. The monument consists of a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an approximately circular or oval interior, characteristic of Iron Age fortified settlements in the Southwest of England. The site's prominent topographical position would have afforded good visibility across the surrounding landscape, serving both defensive and potential territorial or administrative functions typical of contemporary hillforts in the region.

Embury Beacon camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003845. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Embury Beacon camp?

Embury Beacon camp is a univallate hillfort situated on high ground in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003845.

Who is responsible for protecting Embury Beacon camp?

Embury Beacon camp 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 1003845.

What other scheduled monuments are near Embury Beacon camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone cross in parish churchyard (4.4 km), Wayside cross 25m east of the house of Tonacombe (5 km), Woolley barrows (5.4 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone cross in parish churchyard
4.4 km
Wayside cross 25m east of the house of Tonacombe
5 km
Woolley barrows
5.4 km
Two round barrows on Shortstone Moor
5.5 km
Bowl barrow 70m north east of Killarney
6.1 km
Group of four round barrows E of Bottaborough
6.2 km
Bowl barrow 640m south of Killarney
6.6 km
Bowl barrow 700m east of Highborough Farm
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Embury Beacon camp

Embury Beacon camp stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Embury Beacon camp

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~7.7 miles
Domesday entry for Hole, Devon →
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