Turk’s Castle Hillfort, Newton, Somerset

Turk’s castle hillfort is the name of a low rounded hill thought to be a univallate hillfort of under 3 acres. Marked on OSAD 6″ map as a camp.

No trace of any earthwork although there is a field bank which may have been confused with a rampart. Truncated by a railway cutting.

Location

OS map reference: ST 1048 3857. Nearest town/village (with a Wikipedia entry – Newtonians, get on it): Bicknoller.

Data kindly supplied by the Somerset Historic Environment Record

Record created in December 1983

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