What is recorded here

Slapton Castle is an Iron Age hillfort where a hedged lane still cuts through the ancient ramparts, proving that human traffic has always valued a straight path more than preservation. The north-east bank rises twelve to fifteen feet above a ditch thirty feet deep, while ploughs and pasture erased the rest. You can walk the surviving ridge to feel how much larger the defences were before agriculture flattened them.

The National Heritage List for England records Hillfort known as Slapton Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Hillfort known as Slapton Castle was built during the Iron Age, likely between 800 BC and 43 AD, by a pre-Roman Celtic tribe. It is important as a well-preserved example of an Iron Age hillfort, providing insight into early defensive structures and settlement patterns in southern England.

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