Cotley Castle
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Cotley Castle is a large Iron Age Hill fort near Dunchideock in Devon and close to Exeter in England. It occupies a significant hilltop at 220 metres above sea level, just to the north of Great Haldon
The road running along the edge of Cotley Castle
Hillfort
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A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typical of the late European Bronze Age and Iron Age. Some were
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The ramparts of the multivallate British Camp in Herefordshire
A lidar view of Camp Knowe Iron Age Hillfort in Northumberland.
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