Burley Wood

Coordinates: 50°40′09″N 4°07′54″W / 50.6692°N 4.1318°W / 50.6692; -4.1318

Burley Wood

Burley Wood is the site of an Iron Age hill fort North of Lydford in Devon. The fort occupies much of a hilltop some 220 metres above sea level overlooking the river Lew. The site also has a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork just below it to the northeast at approx 215 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 Burley Wood.
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