Hembury
Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hillfort near Honiton in Devon. Its history stretches from the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC to the Roman invasion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hembury Fort” and “Hembury, Payhembury”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Andrew, Broadhembury and Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Church of St Andrew, Broadhembury
Church
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew, Broadhembury is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Hembury.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hembury.
Church of St Mary and St Giles
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary and St Giles is situated 2 miles southeast of Hembury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Awliscombe and Buckerell.
Awliscombe
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Awliscombe is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about two miles west of Honiton. The 2011 census showed a population of 500 for the parish, which is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Dunkeswell, Combe Raleigh, Honiton, Gittisham, Buckerell, Payhembury and Broadhembury. Awliscombe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hembury.
Buckerell
Village
Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckerell is a small village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about 2.5 miles west of the nearest town, Honiton. Buckerell is situated 1½ miles south of Hembury.
Combe Raleigh
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Combe Raleigh is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England. The village lies about 1.5 miles north of the town of Honiton, and the parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Luppitt, Honiton, Awliscombe and Dunkeswell. Combe Raleigh is situated 3 miles east of Hembury.
Hembury
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Payhembury, East Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.82025° or 50° 49′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.26144° or 3° 15′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C2RRPCQ+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 527349620OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q3784763
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hembury”. Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.