Hillsborough, Devon

Hillsborough, Devon

Hillsborough is a Local Nature Reserve in Ilfracombe, North Devon and is known locally as the sleeping elephant. It is also the site of an Iron Age Hill fort atop the cliff on a Promontory at approx 115 Metres above Sea Level. The fort takes the classic shape of a Promontory reinforced and cut off landwards by a large defensive earthwork. [R.R.Sellman; Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books 1985 - ISBN 0861147561 - Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon. Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Wooston.]

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