Ashbury Fort
Ashbury Fort was located on the summit of a hill that forms part of Westwood Common, just west of the village of Week St Mary. Ashbury was an Iron Age (600 BC to AD 43) fort consisting of 2 concentric earth ramparts standing over 3 metres high. Typically, the central area would have contained many houses and, when being used to repel marauders, the space between the ramparts would have been used to graze livestock. Ashbury farm, just to the south-east, takes its name from the fort.
Mentioned in walks
- Week St Mary to Penhallam (2.9 mile walk)
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