Oldberry Castle

Oldberry Castle is an Iron Age hill fort north west of Dulverton, Somerset, England. It lies approximately 0.5 miles north-west from Dulverton, close to the Devon border.

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
Also known as: “Oldberry Castle, Somerset” and “Oldbury Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dulverton Town Hall and Dulverton Library.

Dulverton Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dulverton Town Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street in Dulverton, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Dulverton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Dulverton Town Hall is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Oldberry Castle.

Dulverton Library

Library

Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dulverton Library is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Oldberry Castle.

Lion Hotel

Hotel

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lion Hotel is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Oldberry Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dulverton and Brushford.

Dulverton

Town

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Exmoor National Park is situated in the south west of the United Kingdom. It spreads across the north coast of Devon and west Somerset and was one of Britain's first national parks.

Brushford

Village

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brushford is a village and civil parish 2 miles south of Dulverton and 12 miles north of Tiverton in Devon, in Somerset, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 535 in 243 households, reducing to 519 at the 2011 Census. Brushford is situated 2 miles southeast of Oldberry Castle.

Exebridge

Village

Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Exebridge is a village that lies on the border between Devon and Somerset, England. It lies at the confluence of the Barle and Exe rivers. Exebridge is named so because of the bridge over the River Exe that also marks the border between Devon and Somerset. Exebridge is situated 2½ miles southeast of Oldberry Castle.

Oldberry Castle

Categories: partial contour fort and historic site
Location: Dulverton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.04303° or 51° 2′ 35″ north

Longitude

-3.55711° or 3° 33′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C3R2CVV+65

OpenStreetMap ID

way 236032082

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q7085504

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