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Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill is a medieval fortified enclosure located in Devon, England. The site comprises an earthwork pale, or palisaded boundary, together with related defensive features that reflect the settlement pattern and land management practices of the medieval period. Castle Hill itself served as a focal point for local authority and control, with the pale likely defining the extent of an aristocratic or manorial holding. The surviving earthworks provide archaeological evidence of medieval land division and the physical manifestation of territorial authority in the Devon landscape.
Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015466. View the official record →
Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill is a medieval fortified enclosure located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015466.
Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill 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 1015466.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Hill Cross (0.8 km), Icehouse 260m north west of Castle Hill (1 km), Fishpond in Lower Beer Wood, Castle Hill (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill'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.
Park pale and associated remains at Castle Hill stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.