Boro Wood Camp Fort
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Resource: Table of Devon Iron Age Forts
OS Map: SX 74869 71598
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV7985
Megalithic Portal: 62573
Alternate name: Boro Wood Camp
Short Name: FT:BoroWood
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Hut Class: No
Lidar: SX 74869 71598
Guide Map: 41
Nearby sites: SX 74869 71598
Notes
HER: Boro Wood Camp. Hillslope enclosure of probable Iron Age date, situated on the eastern promontory which forms the south-east extremity of Ausewell Hill at approximately 230m OD. The enclosure is approximately elliptical and constructed from stone rubble. The wall or rampart has been heavily robbed. There are several gaps in the wall though none may be identified as an entrance with any confidence.Location
References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Amery, P. F. S., Some hitherto unrecorded Hill Fortresses near Ashburton, T.D.A. Vol.6 Part 1 pp.261-265 (1873)
- Newman, Phil, Druid Mine, Ashburton, Rep. Trans. Devon. Ass. Advmt Sci., 135, 17 (2003)
- Newman, Phil, The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor, (2011)
- Pilkington-Rogers, C. W., The Date of the Dartmoor Antiquities, T.D.A. Vol.64 pp.379-388 (1932)
- Wall, J. Charles, Ancient Earthworks, The Victoria History of the County of Devon: v. 1 pp.573-630 (1906)