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Hembury
50.8206° N, -3.2614° E
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Hembury is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and Iron Age hillfort near Honiton in Devon. Its history stretches from the late fifth and early fourth millennia BC to the Roman invasion. The fort is situated on a south facing promontory at the end of a 240m high ridge in the Blackdown Hills. It lies to the north of and overlooking the River Otter valley and this location was probably chosen to give good views of the surrounding countryside as well as for defensive reasons. The Devon Archaeological Society bought the hillfort in 2022.
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Neolithic occupation and Hembury ware production
late 5th–early 4th millennium BCE
Dorothy Liddell excavations
1930–1935
Malcolm Todd excavation
1980s
Devon Archaeological Society purchase
2022
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