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Belbury Castle

Coordinates: 50°44′19″N 3°18′40″W / 50.7386°N 3.3111°W / 50.7386; -3.3111
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Belbury Castle is the name given to an Iron Age earthwork, probably a hill fort or livestock enclosure, close to Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. The earthwork is on part of a hilltop at approximately 115 metres (377 ft) above sea level.[1]

The ancient site was known as 'bigulfesburh' or Beowulf's burgh.[2]

References

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  1. ^ R. R. Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map). ISBN 0-86114-756-1
  2. ^ Ackroyd, Peter (2002). Albion, the origins of the English imagination. London: Chatto & Windus. p. 17. ISBN 0099438070.

50°44′19″N 3°18′40″W / 50.7386°N 3.3111°W / 50.7386; -3.3111