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Northcott Wood camp is a hillfort located in Devon, England. The site comprises an Iron Age defensive enclosure with earthwork ramparts that define its perimeter. Like many hillforts of the Iron Age period, it would have served as a fortified settlement or refuge during a time of territorial competition and social organisation among British communities. The monument's earthworks remain visible today as a testament to pre-Roman settlement patterns in the South West of England.
Northcott Wood camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003863. View the official record →
Northcott Wood camp is a hillfort located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003863.
Northcott Wood 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 1003863.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round 160m south of White Bridge (5.1 km), Early medieval urban burh remains E of St Stephen's parish church, including remains of the early medieval Christian enclosure and monastery (6 km), Late medieval packhorse bridge 35m north of St Thomas's Church, Newport (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Northcott Wood camp'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.
Northcott Wood camp stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.