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Slapton Castle is a hillfort situated in Devon, England, dating to the Iron Age. The site is defined by substantial earthwork defences comprising a single or multiple ramparts with accompanying ditches, characteristic of defensive settlements from the pre-Roman period. Located in the landscape near Slapton, the hillfort would have served as a fortified settlement and refuge for the local population during the Iron Age, reflecting the regional patterns of settlement and territorial control typical of southwestern Britain in this period. The monument survives as an important archaeological site preserving evidence of Iron Age occupation and defensive architecture in Devon.
Hillfort known as Slapton Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019236. View the official record →
Slapton Castle is a hillfort situated in Devon, England, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019236.
Hillfort known as Slapton 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 1019236.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slapton chantry college (1.5 km), Bowl barrow 400m south of Home Farm, forming an outlying part of a round barrow cemetery (5.1 km), Bowl barrow 530m south east of Duncombe Court, forming an outlying part of a barrow cemetery. (5.1 km).
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