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Hillfort and medieval settlement in South Longridge Wood
Devon
South Longridge Wood shelters the earthworks of two distinct periods of human settlement. The hillfort, likely dating to the Iron Age, sits within the wood's boundaries. Later, during the medieval period, a settlement developed here, taking advantage of the wooded landscape and higher ground.
Today the site is marked by earthen banks and ditches that follow the natural contours of the woodland floor. It is a Scheduled Monument, reflecting its archaeological importance. The wood itself offers shelter to anyone walking the Dartmoor margins, and the site speaks to how people have sought defensible and productive places across the centuries.
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