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Wooston Castle is a scheduled monument and Iron Age hillfort occupying a commanding position on Dartmoor's high ground. The site is defined by its earthwork defences, comprising ramparts and ditches that once enclosed a defended settlement, though little remains visible above ground today beyond subtle ridges and banks in the moorland turf.
Like other hillforts scattered across Dartmoor and Devon, Wooston likely served as a refuge, settlement or trading centre during the Iron Age, when the moor and surrounding landscape supported a more densely populated landscape than the open country we know now. The site sits within a wider pattern of prehistoric settlement on Dartmoor, offering a tangible trace of how people used and defended this high moorland in antiquity.
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