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Posbury Camp, also known as Castle Down, is a hillfort located in Devon, England. The site dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant example of prehistoric defensive settlement in the region. The monument consists of a roughly circular enclosure defined by substantial earthwork defences, comprising banks and ditches that would have served both protective and territorial functions. Such hillforts were typically occupied during the later Iron Age period and reflect the settlement patterns and social organisation of pre-Roman Britain.
Posbury camp, Castle Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003826. View the official record →
Posbury Camp, also known as Castle Down, is a hillfort located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003826.
Posbury camp, Castle Down 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 1003826.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Higher Bury Camp (1.8 km), Romano-British villa, Downes, near Crediton (4.6 km), Cheriton Cross (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Posbury camp, Castle Down'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.
Posbury camp, Castle Down stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.