Shoulsbury castle

Shoulsbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort close to Challacombe in Devon, England. It takes the form of a multi-ditch and rampart enclosure close to the top of a hill on the shoulder of Shoulsbarrow Common at an elevation of 472 metres (1, 549 ft) above sea level. Shoulsbury Castle is unusually rectangular and on a western hill spur suggesting that it is either Roman or Iron Age. It is the largest and best known hillfort on Exmoor that over the years has been referred to as Solsbury, Shorsbery, Salusbury, Shoulsbury, Showlsborough, Shoulsbarrow in various texts over the centuries. The area was occupied from the Iron Age into the early Saxon period by the Dumnonii people. In the 18th century it was suggested it was the work of the druids for the celebration of religious rites or "feats of activity or athletick exhibitions". The fort is mainly double rampart but to the south natural topography allows only one. The unusual rectangular plan is similar to nearby Roman fortlets at Martinhoe and County Gate, leading to the suggestion that Shoulsbury may be Roman in origin. Very little evidence of Roman activity exists on Exmoor with only one Roman fort and the two fortlets identified. The likely entrances are from the west and south east corner, the inner enclosure extends to four acres, the outer six. There is a circular mound evident in the north east corner. This has been describ

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