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Latitude: 51.1139 / 51°6'50"N
Longitude: -3.9828 / 3°58'58"W
OS Eastings: 261307.076926
OS Northings: 136828.385928
OS Grid: SS613368
Mapcode National: GBR KV.B0VX
Mapcode Global: VH4MS.X8BD
Entry Name: Hillfort, Cunnilear or Coneybeare Wood
Scheduled Date:
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1002511
English Heritage Legacy ID: DV 413
County: Devon
Civil Parish: Loxhore
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Loxhore St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Slight univallate hillfort 345m north east of Loxhore Cross.
Source: Historic England
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 3 November 2015. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.
The monument includes a slight univallate hillfort situated on a ridge at the junction of the River Yeo and the Button Water. The hillfort survives as an irregular shaped enclosure measuring up to 133m long by 57m wide internally defined by a rampart and ditch. On the east is an inturned entrance.
Source: Historic England
Slight univallate hillforts are defined as enclosures of various shapes, generally between 1ha and 10ha in size, situated on or close to hilltops and defined by a single line of earthworks, the scale of which is relatively small. They date to between the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age (eighth - fifth centuries BC), the majority being used for 150 to 200 years prior to their abandonment or reconstruction. Slight univallate hillforts have generally been interpreted as stock enclosures, redistribution centres, places of refuge and permanent settlements. The earthworks generally include a rampart, narrow level berm, external ditch and counterscarp bank, while access to the interior is usually provided by entrances comprising either simple gaps in the earthwork or an inturned rampart. Slight univallate hillforts are rare nationally, although in Devon they comprise one of the major classes of hillfort. Slight univallate hillforts are important for understanding the transition between Bronze Age and Iron Age communities.
Despite reduction in the height of its rampart through cultivation and stone quarrying the hillfort north east of Loxhore Cross survives comparatively well and it will contain important archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction, use and landscape context.
Source: Historic England
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PastScape Monument No:- 34571
Source: Historic England
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