A motte and bailey built into an Iron Age hillfort and locally known as Danes Camp. The mound is 90 feet diameter and 20 feet high surrounded by a ditch and bank inside tha bailey and outer rampart. It was possibly a campaign castle of the Norman Conquest, but was probably only used for a short time.
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2 miles north west of A38 at Buckfastleigh |
Hembury Woods, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0HW |
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