What is recorded here

Voley Castle is an Iron Age hill fort on Heale Down in north Devon, England. It is unusual because its outwork suggests a defended farmstead rather than a military stronghold. The site sits on a level shelf below the crest, making genuine defence difficult but cattle management plausible. Its rare slight univallate form and distinctive layout still mark it as a place where people shaped the land for living, not merely fighting.

The National Heritage List for England records Voley 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.

Voley Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, built in the 12th century, likely by a local landowner or noble following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a well-preserved example of early medieval military architecture in England.

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