Belbury Castle Explained

Belbury Castle is the name given to an Iron Age earthwork, probably a hill fort or livestock enclosure, close to Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. The earthwork is on part of a hilltop at approximately 115m (377feet) above sea level.[1]

The ancient site was known as 'bigulfesburh or Beowulf's burgh.[2]

References

  1. R. R. Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map).
  2. Book: Ackroyd, Peter. Albion, the origins of the English imagination. Chatto & Windus. 2002. 0099438070. London. 17.

50.7386°N -3.3111°W

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