Musbury Castle
Musbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated above the Village of Musbury in Devon. The fort occupies a commanding hill top approx 175 metres above sea level overlooking the Axe valley at Ordnance Survey grid reference SY282941.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael and The Hind.
Church of St Michael
Church
Colcombe Castle
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Combpyne and Whitford.
Combpyne
Locality
Combpyne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Combpyne Rousdon, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is off the A3052 road between Colyford and Lyme Regis in Dorset.
Whitford
Village
Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon. It is situated on the western bank of the River Axe, which is crossed via a small bridge with a weir under it on a lane that joins the A358 road at Musbury. Whitford is situated 1½ miles northwest of Musbury Castle.
Rousdon
Hamlet
Rousdon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Combpyne Rousdon, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is off the A3052 road between Colyford and Lyme Regis in Dorset. Rousdon is situated 2 miles southeast of Musbury Castle.
Musbury Castle
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Devon, England, UK
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Musbury, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74217° or 50° 44′ 32″ north
Longitude
-3.01899° or 3° 1′ 8″ west
Open location code
9C2RPXRJ+VC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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