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Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett

England
List entry 1020274
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020274
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.35 hectares
Grid reference
SX 42363 79806
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Park Camp is a multivallate hilltop enclosure situated approximately 720 metres north west of Pomphlett in Devon. The monument comprises multiple concentric defensive banks and ditches characteristic of Iron Age fortifications, indicating its construction and use during the prehistoric period. The earthwork defences remain substantially visible in the landscape today, preserving evidence of the settlement hierarchy and territorial organisation of the later prehistoric communities in south Devon. Such hillforts served significant roles as administrative, economic, and defensive centres within their respective regions during the Iron Age.

Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020274. View the official record →

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What is Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett?

Castle Park Camp is a multivallate hilltop enclosure situated approximately 720 metres north west of Pomphlett in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020274.

Who is responsible for protecting Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett?

Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett 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 1020274.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine (6.4 km), New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett (7 km), Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine (7.9 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine
6.4 km
New Consols Mine: surface, buried and underground remains, Luckett
7 km
Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine
7.9 km
Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal
9 km
Two bowl barrows 185m east of Tamar View Farm
9 km
Bowl barrow 60m north-west of Tamar View Farm
9.1 km
Round barrows on Hingston Down
9.4 km
Prince of Wales Mine at Harrowbarrow
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett

Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hilltop enclosure known as Castle Park Camp, 720m north west of Pomphlett

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~18.6 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.9 miles
Domesday entry for Milton, Devon →
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