Belbury Castle

Belbury Castle is the name given to an Iron Age earthwork, probably a hill fort or livestock enclosure, close to Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. The earthwork is on part of a hilltop at approximately 115 metres (377 ft) above sea level.^[1]

The ancient site was known as 'bigulfesburh' or Beowulf's burgh.^[2]

References[edit]

^ R. R. Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map). ISBN 0-86114-756-1
^ Ackroyd, Peter (2002). Albion, the origins of the English imagination. London: Chatto & Windus. p. 17. ISBN 0099438070.

50°44′19″N 3°18′40″W / 50.7386°N 3.3111°W / 50.7386; -3.3111

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[1] R. R. Sellman, Aspects of Devon History (Devon Books, 1985), p. 11 (map). ISBN 0-86114-756-1

[2] Ackroyd, Peter (2002). Albion, the origins of the English imagination. London: Chatto & Windus. p. 17. ISBN 0099438070.

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