Denbury Hill

Denbury Hill is the name of an Iron Age hill fort near the village of Denbury in Devon, England.

A distant view of Denbury Hill

The fort is south east of the village, occupying the entire hilltop of Denbury Down at 160 metres above sea level. It is surrounded on the south and east sides by high embankments. In the centre of the enclosure there are two large burial mounds.[1]

The name Denbury means burh of the men of Devon, and the hill fort was probably re-occupied some time after the Romans left England and before the Norman conquest: it may have been used by the British as a centre of resistance against the Saxons, or it may have been occupied by the Saxons themselves.[2] We do not know because it has not been excavated.

References
  1. R.R.Sellman; Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books 1985 - ISBN 0-86114-756-1 - Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon. Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Denbury.
  2. Higham, Robert (1987). Security and Defence in South-west England before 1800. Exeter Studies in History. University of Exeter. p. 33. ISBN 0-85989-209-3.

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