Castle Close is a circular earthwork located near

Stoodleigh Stoodleigh is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, located north of Tiverton and south of Bampton. It is situated above the Exe Valley, close to the Devon / Somerset border. The centre of the village is ...

Mid Devon Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton. The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district ...

, England at OS grid reference SS937181. It is described on maps as a settlement. Situated some 208 metres above sea level, overlooking the River Exe, it is most likely to be an Iron Age Hill fort or enclosure. While the earthworks do not appear as pronounced as others nearby at

Huntsham Castle Huntsham Castle, Devon, England is an Iron Age Hill fort enclosure near the village of Huntsham Huntsham is a small village and civil parish, formerly a manor and ecclesiastical parish, in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. The nea ...

Cranmore Castle Cranmore Castle is an Iron Age earthworkR. R. Sellman, ''Aspects of Devon History'' (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map). situated on a hillside above the Devon town of Tiverton in south-west England. Its National Grid reference is SS958118. It ...

and Cadbury Castle they are still in a classical layout typical of an Iron Age hill fort or enclosure. These other Devon Hill forts are all in plain view from the centre of the enclosure, pointing to their all having been in use at the same time.R.R.Sellman; Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books 1985 – – Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon. Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Castle Close.

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Hill forts in Devon Mid Devon District Scheduled monuments in Devon {{Devon-geo-stub