. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. SCALE or rCET 100 too 300 I ^Bampton Bampton Castle. The mount, with an escarpment of 40 ft., is slightly hollowed at the top, having a breastwork 2 ft. in height. This occupies a position on the south-west of the site of the base- court, which is of rectangular form / 500 ft. by 400 ft., with its long axis ' north-west and south-east. The } bailey largely depended for its defen- V sive boundary on the natural height » of the hill; but the artificial protec- * tion on the east is of great strength, at which point the natural scar
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. SCALE or rCET 100 too 300 I ^Bampton Bampton Castle. The mount, with an escarpment of 40 ft., is slightly hollowed at the top, having a breastwork 2 ft. in height. This occupies a position on the south-west of the site of the base- court, which is of rectangular form / 500 ft. by 400 ft., with its long axis ' north-west and south-east. The } bailey largely depended for its defen- V sive boundary on the natural height » of the hill; but the artificial protec- * tion on the east is of great strength, at which point the natural scarp is 50 ft., a broad fosse, and a counter- scarp of 6 ft. is again strengthened by a natural escarpment of 30 ft. Entrance was probably gained at the south, where the remains of an inner work above an incurved scarp immediately beneath the command- ing height of the mount indicates strategical engineering. The incom- plete state of the courtyard defences, however, forbids further surmise. On this site a castle was erected in 1336 by one of the Cogan family. Bridestowe ( Ixxxvii, 8).—Upon the verge of a bold spur of hills of great height, at the foot of which flows the River Lew, is one of the strongest fortifications on the west side of Dartmoor. Within the dense growth of Burley Wood, north of Woodhead and east of Foxcombe Wood, we find not only a mount and bailey, but other extensive works which are marked as two separate camps on the Ordnance Survey. These formed but one camp originally, but it is now difficult to trace all the entrenchments. On the margin' of the height stands a mount and ditch, with a bailey on the north- east, of crescent-shape, defended by a fosse which joins the circu- lar fosse at its two extremities. On the opposite side — the south-west—is a large court of irregular oval form, surrounded by vallum and fosse; but the latter, on the south-east, extends a- round an almost quad- rangular area, some- what similar to that which will be seen on M
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