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Shoulsbury Castle, Devon

Shoulsbury Castle (aka Shoulsbarrow Castle) is small Iron Age multivallate hillfort near Challacombe, Devon. The hillfort enclosure is rectangular in plan with rounded corners and measures up to 470ft long by 460ft wide internally. It is defined by a stone and earth bank measuring up to 4ft wide and 11ft high, beyond which is a berm up to 10ft wide then a partially buried outer ditch. Within the enclosure is a Bronze Age bowl barrow surviving as a circular mound with a central hollow. The site is within the council area of North Devon (Devon).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003884.

Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Devon
Lat, Long: 51.136462,-3.8514989
Grid Reference: SS 7056 3909
Civil Parish: Challacombe CP
Council Area: North Devon CA (Devon CA)
Strategic Authority Area: Devon and Torbay SA
Police Area: Devon & Cornwall PA

GBPN ID: 304381
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Shoulsbury_Castle,_Devon_304381

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