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ID:SDV16205
Title:Ancient Fortifications in the Neighbourhood of Bideford
Originator:Parry, J. A.
Date:1867
Summary:Three distinct concentric entrenchments with agger and ditch. Agger varies from 4.5m to 6m high, the ditch about 20-30m wide. Overall dimensions 360m square, covering over 20 acres. Stretches of a great outwork visible on the east and west and traces of it to the north, but it has been obliterated on the southern side by the Stratton-Bideford road. Of British construction, adapted by the Romans during the occupation.

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