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Bury Castle is an
Bury Castle was built on a spur of land overlooking the surrounding terrain. The Bury Castle hillfort covers in internal area. The main enclosure has a single rampart and ditch, with steep drops on the north, east and south sides. The bank is up to high with a ditch deep. There is an additional rampart to the west, with a deep ditch. The rampart is revetted with drystone walling.
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
hillfort near Selworthy, Somerset
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, England. It has been designated as a scheduled monument
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History
Bury Castle was built on a spur of land overlooking the surrounding terrain. The Bury Castle hillfort covers in internal area. The main enclosure has a single rampart and ditch, with steep drops on the north, east and south sides. The bank is up to high with a ditch deep. There is an additional rampart to the west, with a deep ditch. The rampart is revetted with drystone walling.
Today
Bury Castle is today protected as aScheduled Monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
and owned by the National Trust
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. It has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register due to vulnerability from scrub or tree growth.
See also
*Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 10 ...
* List of castles in England
* List of hillforts and ancient settlements in Somerset
Somerset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is a rural county of rolling hills, such as the Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. Modern man came to ...
* Hillforts in Britain
* Hillfort
References
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* Adkins l and R, 1992. A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology. * Burrow E J, 1924. Ancient Earthworks and Camps of Somerset. * Burrow I, 1981. Hillforts and Hilltop Settlements of Somerset. Castles in Somerset Hill forts in Somerset Scheduled monuments in West Somerset Structures on the Heritage at Risk register in Somerset