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Oldaport Camp is a promontory fort situated in Devon, England, dating to the Iron Age. The site occupies a naturally defensive headland position and is defined by defensive earthworks comprising banks and ditches that cut across the promontory neck to create an enclosed stronghold. Such promontory forts were characteristic of Iron Age settlement and territorial control in the southwest of Britain, serving defensive, administrative, and possibly trading functions for local communities during the later prehistoric period.
Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020234. View the official record →
Oldaport Camp is a promontory fort situated in Devon, England, dating to the Iron Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020234.
Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport 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 1020234.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750m east of Holwell Lodge (1.5 km), Bowl barrow 470m south of Borough Farm (3 km), Three bowl barrows 140m west of Borough Farm (3.1 km).
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