Cadbury Castle
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Cadbury Castle is an Iron Age fortification ten kilometers northeast of Yeovil in Somerset , next to South Cadbury , 153 meters above sea level. Some historians, including John Leland in 1542, suspected the legendary Camelot Castle , the lordship of King Arthur, here .
Cadbury Castle, which was originally a settlement from the Younger Stone and Bronze Ages , was rebuilt during the Iron Age around 500 BC. Attached. The fortification, initially a wooden wall, was gradually replaced by stone. Another ditch and a fortification were built between 250 and 58 BC. Connected by complicated entrances and passages. Inside the fortress were houses, granaries, workshops and stables. Cadbury Castle was a political, commercial, and probably also a religious center. In the event of danger, the population of the surrounding area could seek protection in the castle.
During the Roman conquest of England in 43 and 44 AD, the residents of Cadbury Castles did not offer any resistance. Cadbury Castle, however, appeared to have become a center of the freedom movement 30 years later. The Romans destroyed Cadbury Castle. The place remained deserted for 500 years until it was fortified again in the early Middle Ages .
The place was abandoned some time later. In the winter of 1009/1010 the English king Æthelred had a royal mint erected there.
literature
- Leslie Alcock, "By South Cadbury, is that Camelot ..." The Excavations of Cadbury Castle, 1966-1970. Thames & Hudson, London 1972.
Web links
- CADBURY CASTLE: King Arthur's Camelot? (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 26.6 " N , 2 ° 31 ′ 54.4" W.