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Hawkesdown Camp is a prehistoric hillforts located near Tavistock in Devon, England. The site comprises a main enclosure defended by substantial earthwork banks and ditches, together with an associated outwork that extends the fortified area. Dating to the Iron Age, the camp represents a significant example of defensive settlement from this period in south-western England. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork of archaeological importance, preserving evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and fortification strategies characteristic of the region during the later pre-Roman Iron Age.
Hawkesdown Camp and associated outwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017775. View the official record →
Hawkesdown Camp is a prehistoric hillforts located near Tavistock in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017775.
Hawkesdown Camp and associated outwork 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 1017775.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Axe Boat, 22m north of the Axmouth Road Bridge (1.9 km), Axmouth Bridge (1.9 km), Roman and earlier settlement at Honeyditches (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hawkesdown Camp and associated outwork'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.
Hawkesdown Camp and associated outwork stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.