Warbstow Bury | |
Map Type: | Cornwall |
Coordinates: | 50.6894°N -4.5475°W |
Gbgridref: | SX 201 908 |
Designation1: | Scheduled monument |
Designation1 Number: | 1006710 |
Designation1 Date: | 26 November 1928 |
Warbstow Bury is an Iron Age hillfort about 0.5miles west of the village of Warbstow, in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument.
The site is 807feet above sea level, on a hill at the heads of two tributaries of the River Ottery.[1] There are views to Lundy Island and Dartmoor.
The fort is one of the largest earthworks in Cornwall. It is an oval enclosure, area about . There are two concentric ramparts and ditches; the ramparts are up to 5.8m (19feet) high, with ditches up to 2.7m (08.9feet) deep. Between these, in the southern part, are the remains of an earlier rampart.[2] The inner rampart has two original entrances, inturned and facing each other, on the north-west and south-east, and there are corresponding simple entrances in the outer rampart.[2]
In the centre of the fort is a medieval rabbit warren: a rectangular mound, or pillow mound, about 22m (72feet) long, 10m (30feet) wide and 0.6m (02feet) high. It is known as "The Giant's Grave" or "King Arthur's Grave".[1]