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Prestonbury Castle (hillfort)
Devon
Prestonbury Castle is a scheduled monument and Iron Age hillfort, its name reflecting both the medieval settlement nearby and the defensive earthwork itself. The site occupies a commanding position on Dartmoor, with multiple ramparts and ditches forming concentric rings that are still plainly visible today, marking out the fort's roughly circular plan.
Visitors walking the moor here will find themselves treading ground that was fortified over two thousand years ago, when such hillforts served as centres of settlement, storage and community gathering. The earthworks remain largely unexcavated, preserving a clear record of Iron Age engineering and the tactical concerns of those who built and defended these high moorland strongholds.
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