Raddon Top
50°48′32″N 3°32′56″W / 50.809°N 3.549°W
Raddon Top is the highest point of the Raddon Hills, a small ridge of hills in the Shobrooke area of Mid Devon, England. The summit is at some 235 metres (770 ft) above sea level,[1] making it a significant feature in the surrounding countryside.[2]
There is an unclassified road that traverses the hill which is the main route from the village of Cheriton Fitzpaine to Exeter.
Archaeological site
[edit]There were once earthworks on the summit, but by the 16th century these had almost been ploughed away.[3] Archaeological excavations in 1994 revealed remains of an Early Iron Age palisaded enclosure and an Iron Age hillfort with timber ramparts. The same excavations also uncovered a much earlier Neolithic causewayed enclosure.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "OS Map of Raddon Hills". Saturday Walkers' Club London & South East England. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Crediton Rolling Farmland". Devon County Council. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ Hoskins, W.G. (2003). Devon. Andover: Phillimore. p. 476. ISBN 9781860772702.
- ^ Tim Gent; Henrietta Quinnell (1999). "Excavations of a causewayed enclosure and hillfort on Raddon Hill, Stockleigh Pomeroy". Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 57: 1–76. ISSN 0305-5795. Wikidata Q60241033.
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