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 (1,106 ft) above sea level[1] and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south and slightly west of Prestonbury Castle, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) 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'.

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


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