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Embury Beacon

Coordinates: 51°00′22″N 4°30′40″W / 51.006°N 4.511°W / 51.006; -4.511
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51°00′22″N 4°30′40″W / 51.006°N 4.511°W / 51.006; -4.511

Embury Beacon

Embury Beacon is the site of an Iron Age promontory fort on the West of the Hartland Peninsula to the North of Bude and West of Clovelly in North Devon. The fort almost entirely been lost to coastal erosion, but a fraction of the Eastern Ramparts still exist at approx 150 Metres above Sea Level.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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 Embury.