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Smythapark hillfort

England
List entry 1002510
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002510
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.05 hectares
Grid reference
SS 63589 38436
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Smythapark hillfort is a univallate Iron Age fortification located in Devon, England. The site is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an irregular polygonal area, typical of small hillforts constructed during the later prehistoric period. Its strategic positioning reflects the settlement patterns and territorial control characteristic of Iron Age communities in the South West peninsula. The hillfort remains a significant example of Iron Age defensive architecture within Devon's archaeological landscape.

Smythapark hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002510. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Smythapark hillfort?

Smythapark hillfort is a univallate Iron Age fortification located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002510.

Who is responsible for protecting Smythapark hillfort?

Smythapark hillfort 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 1002510.

What other scheduled monuments are near Smythapark hillfort?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp in Smay's Wood (2.5 km), Hillfort, Cunnilear or Coneybeare Wood (2.8 km), Camp S of Birch Ham Wood (3.1 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
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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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Camp in Smay's Wood
2.5 km
Hillfort, Cunnilear or Coneybeare Wood
2.8 km
Camp S of Birch Ham Wood
3.1 km
Camp on Mockham Down
4.1 km
Round barrow cemetery 450m south west of Tossell's Barton
5.1 km
Burridge Hill fort
6.9 km
Deserted medieval village at Welcombe Farm
7.5 km
Fishpond in Lower Beer Wood, Castle Hill
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Smythapark hillfort

Smythapark hillfort stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Loxhore and Loxhore, Devon →
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