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Embury Beacon, Devon

Embury Beacon is a promontory fort, situated on a sheer and sharply eroding cliff overlooking Embury Beach and Broad Bench, Devon. The monument survives as two concentric lengths of rampart with ditches and part of a complex entrance enclosing a roughly triangular area. It is within the council area of Torridge (Devon).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003845.

Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Devon
Lat, Long: 50.947108,-4.540126
Grid Reference: SS 2166 1948
Civil Parish: Hartland CP
Council Area: Torridge CA (Devon CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Devon and Torbay SA
Police Area: Devon & Cornwall PA

GBPN ID: 301716
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Embury_Beacon,_Devon_301716

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