Raddon Top

Raddon Top

Raddon Top is the highest point of the Raddon Hills, a small ridge of hills in the Shobrooke area of Mid Devon. The summit is at some 235 Metres above Sea Level, making it a significant feature in the surrounding countryside.

Raddon top is reported to have once had an earthwork at it's summit, possibly an Iron age Hill fort or enclosure, though it was even supposed to have been ploughed down some centuries ago. [ cite book
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] Hoskins' 'Devon' from 1954 mentions Thomas Westcote, in his 'A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX' writing of the earthworks being ploughed down in the 16th Century.

One of the most amazing views of Raddon Top is from Hembury, from which it appears like a massive Pyramid on the Western Horizon.

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