Bat's Castle
Bat's Castle is a ruined castle in the parish Carhampton south-southwest of Dunster in the English county of Somerset . The Wallburg from the iron time is on the top of a hill 213 meters high and is known as Scheduled Monument .
The facility was identified in 1983 after some students had eight silver-plated coins from 102 BC. Until 350 AD.
The facility is on the summit of Gallox Hill . It used to be called Caesar's Camp . Bat's Castle may be related to the Black Ball Camp . The hill fort has two stone ring walls and two moats . The ring walls are partially damaged and part of the hill fort is overgrown with bushes.
Bat's Castle may once have been the legendary fortress of Din Draithou , a site that is also connected to a fortress built for or used by the legendary Irish King Crimthann mac Fidaig .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bat's Castle . Crown Estates. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ Bat's Castle, GALLOX Hill, Carhampton . In: Exmoor Historic Environment Record . English Heritage. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Robin Bush: Somerset: The complete guide . Dovecote Press, Winborne 1994. ISBN 1-874336-26-1 . P. 55.
- ↑ Bat's Castle, Hillfort . The Modern Antiquarian. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ Nora K. Chadwick et altera: Studies in the Early British Church . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1958. pp. 122-123.
literature
- L. Adkins, R. Adkins: A Field Guide to Somerset Archeology . 1992.
- EJ Burrow: Ancient Earthworks and Camps in Somerset . 1924.
- I. Burrow: Hillforts and Hilltops 1000 AD in Aston, I. Burrow, The Archeology of Somerset . 1981.
- LV Grinsell: The Archeology of Exmoor . 1970.
Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 11 " N , 3 ° 7 ′ 11" W.