A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



SIMPLE DEFENSIVE ENCLOSURES 

 [Class C] 



Alverdiscott. — Four and a half miles east of Bideford the remains of an earthwork he between 



Rookery Copse and Northclose Copse, east of Stoney Cross. 



AsHBURTON (O.S. cviii, 15). — One mile north-east of Ashburton rises Tower Hill, a spur of 



Ashburton Down, upon which, between WoodenclifF Wood and Place Wood, are very slight 



remains of a circular 

 camp in two fields 

 called Castle Parks. 

 Traces of a fosse are 

 perceptible from the 

 north, by the east, to 

 the south ; but the 

 escarpment around 

 that portion fails to 

 give the impression of 

 a strong defence such 

 as the name implies, 

 except for its natural 

 position. 



An ancient path- 

 way is traceable down 

 the hillside to the fords 

 on the Dart. 



Ashburton. — 

 Ashburton Down : 

 Among the gorse are 

 the scant remains of 

 an agger and fosse 

 behind Alston Plan- 

 tation, which prob- 

 ably surrounded the 

 western crest of the 

 hill. 

 Ashburton. — On Storms Down, formerly known as ' Estdowne,' about half a mile distant 



from the last-mentioned camp, are the remains of another vallum and fosse. Soft, in length, 



defending the eastern crest of the hill. Both of these camps commanded an extensive view of the 



road from Ilsington to Ashburton, and would communicate with another enclosure in Borough 



Wood, on the other side of the Yeo. 



AsHCOMBE (O.S. cii, 14). — Castle Dyke, or Castle Ditch, is situated on the boundary line of 



the parishes of Ashcombe and Dawlish, 2^ miles from the latter, to the west of the ancient Port 



Way, on Little Haldon Hill. It is a circu- 



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lar camp with single vallum and fosse, en- 

 closing about i^ acres. The rampart rises 

 4 ft. from the interior and descends from 

 7 ft. 6 in. to 8 ft. 8 in. into the ditch. 

 The water in the ditch depends entirely 

 on the rainfall. There is one entrance on 

 the south. 



Two tumuli lie on the eastern side of 

 the camp. 



Beaford (O.S. XXX, 13). — On the 

 east bank of the River Torridge, \\ miles 

 from Little Torrington, a camp is situated 

 between Castle Hill and Castle Court. 



Beaworthy (O.S. Ixxv, 4). — Broad- 

 bury Castle, 6J miles west of Okehampton, called Branbury by Grose, is a square camp with 

 each side to a cardinal point of the compass. It was surrounded by a single vallum and fosse, the 

 latter about twenty-five feet wide, and the vallum over fifteen feet high. There were four 

 entrances, one in the middle of each side. Such was the camp until, about the year 1872, a 

 utilitarian farmer paid ;^I4 to have it levelled ; yet such is the stony nature of the groimd that 



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Camp at Bishops Nympton. 





