Posbury
Posbury Hill Fort is an unexcavated Iron Age Hill fort, located three miles south-west of Crediton, Devon.[1] It consists today of an incomplete earthwork partly enclosing a hilltop 180 metres above sea level. A modern road cuts across the north of the hilltop.
Just to the south of the hamlet there are the remains of an early Roman road, that ran from the newly discovered Roman fort, near Colebrooke, in an eastward direction towards Crediton.
W. G. Hoskins states that this is a likely site for Posentesburg, a battle site from 661 AD in which, Cenwalh, the King of Wessex moved the native Briton tribes out of middle Devon to the coast. Today the hill fort's defences are best seen from the bridle path, just to the north of the concent.
Posbury St Francis Convent
The Anglican Franciscan nunnery occupies the original home of the Tuckfields, later the Hippisley family which was followed by the Shelleys of Shobrooke Park. In 1931 the Shelleys moved to Shobrooke, about 1 mile NE of Crediton. The nunnery was founded by a Grace Emily Costin who took the name "Mother Teresa". Gold was supposedly discovered in a tree struck by lightning.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Sellman, R. R. Aspects of Devon History, Devon Books 1985 - ISBN 0-86114-756-1 - Chapter 2; The Iron Age in Devon. Map Page 11 of Iron Age hill forts in Devon includes Posbury.
External links
- Posbury information in Crediton area pages
- The new Windows Live Local has very good pictures of the local area
Coordinates: 50°45′43″N 3°41′26″W / 50.7620°N 3.6906°W