Blackdown Rings
The Blackdown Rings are (also called Loddiswell) an earthwork from the Iron Age at Hazelwood east of Plymouth in Devon , England .
It is oval and covers about 2.4 hectares, enclosed by a wall with an external moat. The rampart to which a 6.0 m long ramp leads, is about 1.7 meters high. There are 2 passages approximately 8 m wide to the east and west. It consists of a Norman moth from the 12th century, which is built into the prehistoric ramparts and is located at a height of about 185 m above sea level and offers a view over the River Avon .
Individual evidence
- ^ RR Sellman: Aspects of Devon History . Devon Books, Exeter 1985, ISBN 0861147561 , p. 11.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 15.5 " N , 3 ° 48 ′ 1.1" W.