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Stockland Castle

Coordinates: 50°49′04″N 3°06′00″W / 50.8178°N 3.0999°W / 50.8178; -3.0999 (Stockland Great Castle)
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Site of Stockland Great Castle

Stockland Castle is the name given to two Iron Age hill forts on Stockland Hill close to Stockland in Devon, England. Stockland Great Castle (50°49′04″N 3°06′00″W / 50.8178°N 3.0999°W / 50.8178; -3.0999 (Stockland Great Castle)) occupies a position on the eastern slope of the hill at 190–210 metres (620–690 ft) above sea level. Stockland Little Castle (50°49′37″N 3°05′41″W / 50.8269°N 3.0948°W / 50.8269; -3.0948 (Stockland Little Castle)), located about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) northeast of its larger neighbour, occupies a small promontory on the eastern slope of the hill at approximately 175 metres (574 ft) above sea level.[1]

References

  1. ^ R. R. Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map). ISBN 0-86114-756-1