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Stockland Great Castle is a hillfort situated in Devon, England. The site is located on high ground and represents Iron Age defensive settlement, typical of the fortified settlements constructed across the southwest of Britain during the pre-Roman period. The monument consists of a univallate or multivallate earthwork comprising banks and ditches that define the enclosed area. Little archaeological investigation has been undertaken at this location, and details of its precise chronology and occupation history remain incompletely understood within the scholarly record.
Stockland Great Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017952. View the official record →
Stockland Great Castle is a hillfort situated in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017952.
Stockland Great Castle 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 1017952.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Beacon on Shute Hill, 200m north east of Rowlands (6 km), Two ring cairns 410m south east of Higher Blannicombe, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill (8 km), Newenham Abbey (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stockland Great Castle'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.
Stockland Great Castle stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.