Cranbrook Castle

Stone-faced rampart inside Cranbrook Castle

Cranbrook Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort occupying a commanding hilltop just to the south of and overlooking the Teign valley in Devon. It is 337 metres above sea level[1] and 2 km south and slightly west of Prestonbury castle, 3 km west of Wooston Castle.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Outdoor Leisure 28 - Dartmoor. Ordnance Survey. 1995.
  2. ↑ R.R.Sellman; Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books 1985 - ISBN 0-86114-756-1 - Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon. Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Wooston, though he describes it as 'unfinished'.

Coordinates: 50°41′13″N 3°47′13″W / 50.687°N 3.787°W / 50.687; -3.787

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