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Hembury Castle is a hillfort of Iron Age origin located near Honiton in Devon. The site occupies a prominent hilltop position and is defended by a series of concentric earthwork banks and ditches, typical of the multivallate hill fort design prevalent in the southwest during the later Iron Age. Archaeological investigation and artefactual evidence suggest occupation during the Iron Age period, with the fort serving a defensive and possibly administrative function for the local Iron Age community. The monument remains substantially preserved as an archaeological earthwork, retaining considerable landscape significance within the Devon hillfort distribution.
Hembury Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002503. View the official record →
Hembury Castle is a hillfort of Iron Age origin located near Honiton in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002503.
Hembury Castle 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 1002503.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross pedestal at Langtree, 11m south east of the church (3.4 km), Frithelstock Priory (4 km), Bowl barrow 130m north of Wrangworthy Cross, forming part of a round barrow cemetery (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hembury Castle'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.
Hembury Castle stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.