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White Tor camp is a univallate hillfort located on Cudlipptown Down in Devon. The monument is defined by a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing an irregular area on elevated terrain, characteristic of Iron Age fortification design in the Southwest. The site commands views across the surrounding landscape, suggesting its role in territorial control and settlement during the later prehistoric period. Like many Devonshire hillforts, White Tor camp represents the settlement and defensive strategies employed by communities in the centuries immediately preceding the Roman conquest of Britain.
White Tor camp, Cudlipptown Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004584. View the official record →
White Tor camp is a univallate hillfort located on Cudlipptown Down in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004584.
White Tor camp, Cudlipptown 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 1004584.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge (9.9 km), Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor (10.1 km), Two stone hut circles 160m south of Down Tor (10.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of White Tor camp, Cudlipptown 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.
White Tor camp, Cudlipptown Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.