Prestonbury castle

Prestonbury castle

Prestonbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort on the North East edge of Dartmoor in Devon. Situated on a massive hilltop some 220 Metres above Sea Level overlooking the Teign Valley, it is located in close proximity to two other Hill forts Cranbrook Castle and Wooston Castle both of which lie approx a mile away. [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 Prestonbury.]

References

Links:

Roman Britain: [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/celtic/prestonbury_castle.htm] The Modern Antiquarian: [http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/9465] The Dartmoor Archive: [http://pallas.ex.ac.uk/dartmoor/image-overview.php?id=1943]


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