Dartmoor Resource: Table of Devon Iron Age Forts

Blackbury Camp Fort

Photo (18/04/24): Blackbury Camp Fort

The table below lists Iron Age hillforts in Devon. This is a bit of a departure for this website which is otherwise restricted to Dartmoor but the distribution of Iron Age hillforts beyond Dartmoor is of wider interest for walkers interested in archaeology and the author wanted to add them to the website's Garmin listings.

The major sites are covered here but there maybe some that are not yet included in the listings. The listings started with the 48 hillforts contained in Prehistoric Hillforts in Devon by Aileeen Fox (1996). Onto this layer were added those found in the fairly comprehehsive listings in wikipedia and then on Megalithic Portal. A list of all scheduled forts in devon was then incorportaed followed by some additional sites found on the HER. A few sites that appear as just crop markings have been identified on the HER but not included here.

This list is alphabetical by site name but click on the table headers to get listings ordered by Site Name, Fox list number, Short Name or OS number and so on. Clicking on the Site Name will open a site page with a large photo where one is available. Clicking on OS links will show location on a map and clicking on the HER number or Megalithic Portal link will open the relevant record in a new window.

Some of the major hillforts are property of the National Trust or the Woodland trust and as such are likely open access land, however, many are in private hands and not necessarily accessible to the public unless crossed by rights of way such as public roads or footpaths.The table below has a column indicating rights of access and more details will be found on the individual site pages including coverage on external websites not already in the table below e.g. via the National Trust or local authorities. With some a good view can be obtained from walking a footpath through or near the site.

This data can also be viewed in a Google Map, see: Google Map of Devon Forts

FortID	Fox	Site Name	OS Text	HER	ScheduledID	Megalithic Portal	Wikipedia	Access	Visit	Access Details	Further Reading
0				n/a	n/a	n/a					n/a
64		Beacon Castle	SS 66462 46020	MDE1022	n/a	n/a	Beacon Castle	0	1	Private. Possibly visible from footpath.	exmoorher
86		Beara Castle	SS 64946 35661	MDV1970	1002533	37964		0	1	Private. Bisected by road.	n/a
65		Belbury Castle	SY 07589 94061	MDV10433	1017774	n/a	Belbury Castle	0	1	Private no public access. Visible from north on Strawberry Lane	n/a
99		Berra Tor	SX 47850 69184	MDV5484	1002622	n/a		0	1	Private land on the edge of DNP access land. Part of enclosure within DNP.	n/a
62		Berry Castle (Black Dog)	SS 80177 09280	MDV634	1019541	44875	Berry Castle (Black Dog)	0	1	Private. East side passed by W Emlett Ln (a footpath)	n/a
63		Berry Castle (Huntshaw)	SS 49488 22294	MDV5627	1016225	45199	Berry Castle (Huntshaw)	1	1	Clinton Devon Estates. Permissive access. Site managed in collaboration with Friends of Berry Castle.	berrycastle huntshaw
66		Berry Cliff Camp	SY 18837 88201	MDV10899	1017772	n/a	Berry Camp	1	1	South West Coast Path	eastdevonaonb
67		Berry Head	SX 94486 56503	MDV9594	1017322	n/a	Berry Head	1	1	Berry Head National Nature Reserve	Visiit Devon
1		Berrys Wood	SX 84670 71061	MDV9145	1003843	7763	Berry's Wood	1	1	Bradley manor is a National trust property. There appear to be footpaths through Berry Woods near the fort.	n/a
2	1	Blackbury Camp	SY 18733 92357	MDV10840	1013425	14788	Blackbury Camp	1	1	English Heritage	English Heritage
36	26	Blackdown Rings (Loddiswell)	SX 72047 52052	MDV7601	1016258	4622	Blackdown Rings	1	1	Public	Explore Devon
23	2	Bolt Tail	SX 66931 39678	MDV4842	1019323	4618	Bolt Tail	1	1	National Trust	National Trust
24	3	Boringdon Camp	SX 54419 59637	MDV1751	1019946	7752	Boringdon Camp	0	1	SHDC. Currently closed to public due to erosion.	moortoseaanddo
68		Bremridge Wood	SS 68600 28800	MDV12022	n/a	n/a	Bremridge Wood	0	0	Private, near road.	n/a
50		Brent Hill	SX 70394 61725	MDV7957	1002662	7753	Brent Hill	1	1	There is access land on Brent Hill near the fort.	legendarydartmoor
25	4	Brent Tor	SX 47100 80400	MDV1669	1003199	28169	Brent Tor	1	1	DNP?	legendarydartmoor
95		Brightley Barton Camp	SS 61246 22917	MDV972	1016205	7754		0	1	Private. Not far from road and not far from Umberleigh train station.	n/a
96		Burleigh Dolts	SX 70813 40607	MDV7224	1019313	n/a		0	1	Private. Not far from footpath.	Hillforts in the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (PDF)
26	5	Burley Wood	SX 49564 87527	MDV5628	1018519	25048	Burley Wood	1	1	Private/Footpath	Explore devon
39	35	Burridge (Roborough Castle)	SS 56936 35182	MDV921	1002514	4603		0	0	Private	n/a
27	6	Burridge Camp	SS 74229 12586	MDV770	1015141	13335	Burridge Fort	1	1	Private/Footpath	n/a
101		Bury Castle	SS 98137 06443	MDV12340	n/a	n/a		0	1	Private. Next to road.	n/a
3	7	Cadbury Castle	SS 91335 05282	MDV1213	1019540	17012	Cadbury Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	Britain Express
69		Capton	SX 83066 53230	MDV8511	n/a	n/a	Capton	0	1	Private. Not far from lane.	Visit devon
70		Castle Close	SS 93719 18125	MDV1321	1020037	42723	Castle Close	0	0	Private. Exe Valley Way road route 0.5 km.	n/a
28	8	Castle Dyke (Ashcombe)	SX 92132 77003	MDV9783	1004582	26977		0	0	Private	Ashcombe Cottages
29	9	Castle Dyke (Chudleigh)	SX 87478 78757	MDV9008	1003846	7755	Castle Dyke	0	0	Private	Chudleigh History Group
97		Castle Farm (Stowford)	SX 40398 85491	MDV3900	1017968	n/a		0	1	Private. Not far from footpath	n/a
4		Castle Head	SX 38109 78595	MDV2690	1020272	n/a	Castle Head	0	0	Private? Nr River tamar. Dunterue Wood. Probably public tracks through wood.	n/a
71		Castle Hill	SS 49815 19002	MDV437	n/a	n/a	Castle Hill	1	1	Castle Hill in Torrington.	n/a
91		Castle Hill (Woolleigh Bridge)	SS 52259 16849	MDV284	1021417	n/a		0	0	Private	n/a
105		Castle Park Camp	SX 42363 79806	MDV5648	1020274	n/a		0	0	Private	n/a
30	10	Clovelly Dykes	SS 31140 23462	MDV169	1018522	4601	Clovelly Dykes	0	0	Private	NDAS or northdevoncoast-nl
5	11	Cotley Castle	SX 86013 89541	MDV9388	1003180	n/a	Cotley Castle	0	1	Perridge Estate. Private on side of road.	visit south devon
7	12	Cranbrook Castle	SX 73858 89023	MDV8221	1003860	4624	Cranbrook Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	legendary dartmoor
72		Cranmore Castle	SS 95883 11807	MDV1360	1020156	42367	Cranmore Castle	0	0	Private	n/a
73		Cunnilear Camp	SS 61330 36859	MDV1964	1002511	n/a	Cunnilear Camp	0	1	Private but close to road and footpath.	n/a
8	13	Denbury Camp	SX 81646 68534	MDV8603	1003857	4628	Denbury Hill	1	1	DCC	woodlandtrust
51		Dewerstone Fort	SX 53872 64000	MDV2381	1020241	29453	Dewerstone	1	1	DNP	Legendary Dartmoor
9	14	Dolbury (Killerton)	SS 97272 00421	MDV1312	1017192	22474	Dolbury	1	1	National Trust	National Trust
10	15	Dumpdon	ST 17612 04058	MDV1877	1018851	4610	Dumpdon Hill	1	1	National Trust	blackdownhillsaonb
11	16	East Hill	SX 60400 94160	MDV6880	1003873	47073		1	1	Private/Footpath	n/a
104		East Kidland Wood	SS 80861 23162	MDV1193	1004588	n/a		1	0	Harpson Wood a public right of way.	n/a
12	17	Embury Beacon	SS 21699 19503	MDV48	1003845	n/a	Embury Beacon	1	1	National Trust	northdevoncoast-nl
102		Farway Castle	SY 16063 95499	MDV10688	1014243	44443		1	1	Forestry commission land	eastdevonaonb
85		Garliford	SS 75727 26383	MDV752	1016214	29174		0	0	Private	n/a
38	32	Greenway Camp (Noss)	SX 88830 53632	MDV8541	1020158	n/a	Greenway Camp	0	1	Private	visit south devon
58	18	Halwell Camp	SX 78427 53241	MDV7630	1019237	4627	Halwell Camp	0	1	Private bisected by road.	n/a
31	19	Hawkesdown Camp	SY 26184 91426	MDV11391	1017775	31018	Hawkesdown Hill	0	1	Private (Bindon Estate). Visible in vicinity no public access.	Trespassers Companion
13	20	Hembury	ST 11263 03127	MDV1853	1018850	4609	Hembury	1	1	Devon Archaeological Society	Hembury Fort
32	21	Hembury Castle (Buckfast)	SX 72608 68455	MDV7776	1003859	34692	Hembury Castle (Buckfast)	1	0	National Trust	National Trust
74		Hembury Castle (Tythecott)	SS 42721 17905	MDV418	1002503	n/a	Hembury Castle (Tythecott)	0	0	Private. Not far from road.	n/a
14	22	High Peak	SY 10342 85952	MDV15122	1003887	43929	High Peak	1	1	Private/Footpath	eastdevonaonb
94		Higher Bury Camp	SX 79781 95730	MDV8432	1015143	34867		0	0	Private	n/a
33	23	Hillsborough	SS 53162 47718	MDV2210	1002512	20353	Hillsborough	1	1	Public	northdevoncoast-nl
75		Holbury	SX 62375 50509	MDV3155	1019782	24500	Holbury	0	0	Private.	n/a
52		Holne Chase Castle Fort	SX 72437 71979	MDV7996	1003842	n/a	Holne Chase Castle	0	1	Private. Permission maybe granted on request.	n/a
34	24	Hunters Tor	SX 76158 82443	MDV8824	1003827	7759	Hunters Tor	1	1	Common Land	holidayindartmoor
35	25	Huntsham Castle	SS 99123 17846	MDV1332	1019539	29180	Huntsham Castle	0	0	Private	n/a
76		Kentisbury Down	SS 63616 44052	MDE1077	1003870	n/a	Kentisbury Down	0	0	Private. Road is near.	exmoorher
61		Knowle Castle	SS 48894 38333	MDV582	1002542	50230	Knowle Hill Castle	0	1	Private but not far from footpath.	n/a
53		Knowle Wood Fort	SX 53356 64126	MDV125834	n/a	n/a		1	1	Forestry Commision. Not far from cycle route to Clearwater.	n/a
87		Leathern Castle	SX 76186 97488	MDV13753	n/a	7760		0	1	Private - bisected by road.	n/a
103		Lucy Cleave Wood	SX 36833 78577	MDV2689	1020070	n/a		0	0	Private. Nr River tamar.	n/a
15	27	Membury Castle	ST 28274 02872	MDV1930	1017951	30302	Membury Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	walkingworld
16	28	Milber Down	SX 88440 69841	MDV8649	1003178	4629	Milber Down	1	1	Private/Footpath	DCC
17	29	Mockham Down	SS 66675 35818	MDV1985	1002534	31141	Mockham Down	0	0	Private	n/a
37	30	Musbury Castle	SY 28217 94120	MDV11390	1016793	31134	Musbury Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	eastdevonaonb
18	31	Myrtleberry North Camp	SS 74338 48825	MDE1247	n/a	n/a	Myrtlebury	1	1	National Trust	exmoorher
54		Nattadon Fort	SX 70510 86638	MDV8261	n/a	43578		1	1	DNP/Common Land.	n/a
77		Newberry Castle	SS 57100 47000	MDV12550	n/a	29171	Newberry Castle	0	0	Private	n/a
90		Northcott Wood Camp	SX 33074 91736	MDV2760	1003863	n/a		0	1	Private but surrounded by footpath.	n/a
19		Oldaport Camp	SX 63242 49318	MDV4861	1020234	46775		0	1	Private but close to road and footpath	archaeologydataservice
59		Peppercombe Castle	SS 37801 24125	MDV11687	n/a	7764	Peppercombe	1	1	SW Coast Path	southwestcoastpath
20	33	Posbury Camp	SX 80709 97183	MDV9425	1003826	29205	Posbury	0	1	Private	n/a
55	34	Prestonbury Castle Fort	SX 74683 90025	MDV8439	1003861	29170	Prestonbury Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	holidayindartmoor
78		Raddon Top	SS 88599 03169	MDV29729	1016259	7765	Raddon Top	0	1	Private. Track to reservoir - no right of way.	archaeologydataservice
40	36	Roborough Castle	SS 73059 46000	MDE1246	n/a	n/a	Roborough Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	exmoorher
56		Roborough Down Fort	SX 50557 64141	MDV2366	n/a	28812		1	1	DNP	n/a
79		Seaton Down	SY 23444 91871	MDV14054	1017776	30175	Seaton Down	0	1	Private. Can be seen from footpaths.	n/a
41	37	Shoulsbury Castle	SS 70553 39100	MDE1192	1003884	34692	Shoulsbury castle	0	0	Private	exmoorher
42	38	Sidbury Castle	SY 12845 91316	MDV10733	1018849	16968	Sidbury Castle	0	0	Private	eastdevonaonb
60		Slapton Castle	SX 80857 44398	MDV8371	1019236	7766	Slapton Castle	0	1	Private. Road passes through site.	visitsouthdevon
80		Smytha Park	SS 63587 38472	MDV1958	1002510	n/a	Smythapark	0	0	Private	n/a
88		South Longridge Wood	SX 49705 83870	MDV1666	1018518	n/a		1	1	DNP. Nr Lydford Gorge	n/a
100		Spreacombe	SS 48236 41585	MDV11907	n/a	n/a		1	1	RSPB nature reserve Chapel Wood. Accessible.	RSPB
43	39	Stanborough Camp	SX 77276 51671	MDV7622	1019314	4626	Stanborough	0	0	Private	gatehouse-gazetteer
44	40	Stock Castle	SS 71823 46909	MDE1242	n/a	n/a		0	0	Private	exmoorher
45	41	Stockland Great Castle	ST 22618 02608	MDV1913	1017952	29181	Stockland Castle	0	1	Private	blackdownhillsaonb
46	42	Stockland Little Castle	ST 22990 03626	MDV1918	1017953	29182	Stockland Castle	0	1	Private	blackdownhillsaonb
21	43	Stoke Hill Camp	SX 92655 95713	MDV10196	1003841	n/a	Stoke Hill	1	1	Private/Footpath	n/a
93		Stonehill Copse	SS 71274 22420	MDV749	1015463	n/a		0	0	Private	n/a
98		Ten Oaks (Roborough)	SS 56150 16986	MDV290	1016228	n/a		0	0	Private	n/a
92		The Trendle	SX 49067 75341	MDV3829	1002598	n/a		0	1	Private. Tavistock on side of road.	moortoseaanddo
47	44	Voley Castle	SS 65565 46242	MDE1019	1003885	n/a	Voley Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	exmoorher
48	45	Wasteberry camp	SX 57177 53912	MDV2292	1020160	30300	Wasteberry Camp	0	0	Private	n/a
57		White Tor Fort	SX 54246 78678	MDV4101	1004584	17506		1	1	DNP	legendarydartmoor
81		Windbury Head camp	SS 28693 26675	MDV71	1003864	n/a	Windbury Head	1	1	South West Coast Path	northdevoncoast-nl.org.uk
6	46	Windhill	SS 74044 49414	MDE1236	n/a	4608	Wind Hill	1	1	National Trust	exmoor her
82		Woodbury (Stoke Fleming)	SX 84265 51052	MDV8504	1019783	n/a	Woodbury (Stoke Fleming)	0	0	Private.	archaeologydataservice
22	47	Woodbury Castle	SY 03246 87364	MDV10500	1003862	4632	Woodbury Castle	1	1	Common Land	eastdevonaonb
89		Woodpeckers Halt	SS 35942 23503	MDV181	1002527	n/a		1	1	SW Coast Path	n/a
49	48	Wooston Castle Fort	SX 76486 89673	MDV8292	1003822	7767	Wooston Castle	1	1	Private/Footpath	holidayindartmoor
83		Yarrowbury	SX 67249 46044	MDV125419	n/a	n/a	Yarrowbury	0	0	Private	n/a
84		Yellowberries Copse	SX 69217 58614	MDV2925	1019325	n/a	Yellowberries Copse	0	1	Private. Near road South Brent	n/a

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