2008

SS9700 : Broadclyst: hillfort earthworks

taken 16 years ago, near to Budlake, Devon, England

Broadclyst: hillfort earthworks
Broadclyst: hillfort earthworks
Evidence for the ramparts of the iron age hillfort remains. It dates from the period 400 BC to 43 AD and was built in two phases. Legend has it that a dragon protected treasure in wells at this fort and a second encampment at nearby Cadbury: the treasure served as offerings to the gods to ensure good harvests. As the dragon was always at the other hilltop its existence could never be proved or disproved. Treasure hunters were apparently deterred from plundering the wells for fear of winged attack. Trees on Dolbury were originally planted by John Veitch, a Scot who landscaped the park for the Acland family in the eighteenth century and later became agent for the estate. Killerton Clump is recognisable today driving up the M5 from Exeter

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Category: Hill fort
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Iron-Age Hillforts Automatic Clusters: · Trees at Killerton [37] · Killerton Estate [32] · Acland Family [9] · Drive [7] ·
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SS9700, 331 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Martin Bodman   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 17 April, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 17 April, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 972 004 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:47.6689N 3:27.5285W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 972 004
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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