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Cranbrook Castle

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Moretonhampstead, Cranbrook Castle geograph.org.uk 35965
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Cranbrook Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort occupying a commanding hilltop just to the south of and overlooking the Teign valley in Devon. It is 337 metres above sea level and 2 km south and slightly west of Prestonbury Castle, 3 km west of Wooston Castle.

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Cranbrook Castle
Upper Deer Stalkers Path, Teignbridge Moretonhampstead

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N 50.687 ° E -3.787 °
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Cranbrook Castle (Fort)

Upper Deer Stalkers Path
TQ13 8PX Teignbridge, Moretonhampstead
England, United Kingdom
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