Highweek Castle Dyke

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; High Week

In the civil parish of Newton Abbot.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Devon, 1974 county of Devon).

Motte and Bailey. The motte is the summit of a natural knoll which probably required little scarping to attain its present diameter of 33m and height of 4.2m. The former surrounding ditch is now represented mainly by a cropmark of lush grass 2m to 3m wide. The small bailey, 40m by 15m slopes to the south west, possibly the result of slighting, though it appears to be the natural hillside.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX84617194

PastScape number; 447020

Books

Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p136-43
Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p87 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p116
Wall, C., 1906, in Page, Wm (ed), 'Ancient Earthworks' VCH Devon Vol1 p618

Journal Articles

Higham, R.A., 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list' Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society Vol46 p142-9
Higham, R.A., 1982, 'Early Castles in Devon' Château Gaillard Vol9-10 p101-116
Woolner, D. and Woolner, A., 1953, 'Castle Dyke, Highweek, Newton Abbot' Devonshire Association reports and transactions p133-138
Lysons, S., 1821, Archaeologia Vol19 p 313 plate xviii

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Highweek Castle Dyke

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX84617194

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