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A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



Martinhoe (O.S. ii, ii). — 'The Beacon' is an elliptical earthwork on the edge of the 



northern cliffs, to the east of the River Heddon. This was no doubt a signalling station. 



A small enclosure in the centre of the camp has so frequently reverted to its ancient use of 



encompassing a bonfire — though 



He&le Down without its original purpose — and 



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IS subject to such constant mcur- 



sions of modern vandals that its 

 bank, 2 ft. 6 in. in height, is sadly 

 mutilated. The outer vallum, 3 ft. 

 high — also hardly used — surrounds 

 the landward side, but its defence 

 was unnecessary on the north-east 

 where the clifF is its natural pro- 

 tection. The entrance was at the 

 north. 



Milton Abbot (O.S. xcvii, 



9). — On Ram Down, the highest 



spot on the undulating surface of 



this neighbourhood, is an ellipti- 



The modest vallum is partly destroyed, but through it are three 



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cal camp of a pastoral people 

 openings, all of which appear to be ancient 

 depression in the ground was possibly a rain- 

 pond. 



Parracombe (O.S. vi, 3). — On the 

 boundary of the parishes of Parracombe and 

 Martinhoe, upon a very high hill, is a small 

 camp surrounded by a simple rampart 3 ft. 

 high. On the east side the hill makes a 

 rapid descent towards the River Heddon. 

 The entrance on the south is protected by 

 the overlapping ends of the rampart, making 

 an oblique path from the south-west to the 

 north-east. 



From this lofty camp the stronghold of 

 Voley Castle, f- mile distant, is overlooked. 



Parracombe (O.S. vi, 8). — Somewhat 

 over one mile from Holwell Castle a small 

 camp lies on Parracombe Common, to the 

 south-west of Woolhanger Wood. 



Parracombe (O.S. vi, 2). — Voley 

 Castle, situate on Heale Down, on the 

 west bank of the River Heddon, is in close 

 proximity to two others in the parish, and 

 the Beacon in the parish of Martinhoe. 

 Though small it is very perfect and strong, 

 being surrounded by a double fosse with an 

 intermediate vallum. The inner fosse be- 

 ing the deeper it is possible that this work is of sepulchral origin, and may be compared with Arbor 

 Low in Derbyshire and others of like character. The entrance is on the east side towards the river. 



PiLTON (O.S. ix, 15). — Roborough Camp, i J miles north of Barnstaple, is situated on high 



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and Bradiford Water, both of 

 which enter the estuary of the 

 Taw. It is a plateau camp of 

 quadrangular form, rising 8 ft. 

 above the ground. The south 

 and eastern sides meet in a 

 curved protuberance, where 

 the entrance passes obliquely 

 between the banks on the east. 

 A modern wall cuts across 

 the whole of the northern 

 banks from east to west. 



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