. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS â ri-rirn-iirr-,f,. ..â¢^SS^JSSi"' '^njj^ ^v?i- ^^ ^-.^v (0 V3 â¢,;VSCAUEOF,FEE\ir 300 âI Hembury Castle, Buckland Brewer. The length of interior area is 852 ft. and the width 466 ft. at the east, and 420 ft. at the larrowest part. Sling stones have been found within its enclosure. It commands a view of the whole estuary if the Axe, and is in touch vith the fortress at Musbury. This camp was prob- ibly one of the border fortifi- :ations of the territory of the Durotriges. BucKLAND Brewer xxix, 9).âHem
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS â ri-rirn-iirr-,f,. ..â¢^SS^JSSi"' '^njj^ ^v?i- ^^ ^-.^v (0 V3 â¢,;VSCAUEOF,FEE\ir 300 âI Hembury Castle, Buckland Brewer. The length of interior area is 852 ft. and the width 466 ft. at the east, and 420 ft. at the larrowest part. Sling stones have been found within its enclosure. It commands a view of the whole estuary if the Axe, and is in touch vith the fortress at Musbury. This camp was prob- ibly one of the border fortifi- :ations of the territory of the Durotriges. BucKLAND Brewer xxix, 9).âHembury Zlastle, also spelled ' Henbury' :o distinguish it from two jther earthworks bearing the same name in Devonshire. This is one of a trio 3f camps, within sight of each Dther, along the banks of the River Duntz, a tributary of the Yeo, the other two be- ing respectively in Buckland Wood and Frithelstock parish. Situated on the summit of a hill 5 miles south-west of Torrington, Hembury is a small tableland of oblong form containing about 5 acres, now under cultivation. This is protected by an escarpment âthe lower part of which is the natural slopeâ10 ft. per- pendicular measurement, and a fosse from 16 ft. to 18 ft. wide ; the earth removed for the formation of the fosse being thrown outwards formed a bank on the verge of the hill-side. The slope of the hill is very pre- cipitous on the southern and eastern sides as it descends to two small streams which flow into the Duntz. The northern side, though difficult fl of approach, is the most accessible, and here are the remains of a crescent-formed out- work of rampart and fosse which join the main work at its two extremities on the west and the north-east. In the ditches quantities of charred wood have been discovered ; and a mound, formerly at the south-west of the interior area, was found to contain the bones of numerous skeletons, supposed to be the bodies of those who fell in the Civil War when the Royalist troops
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