Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle is an Outbound Wallburg from the Iron Age near the village of Bickleigh in the English county of Devon . It was in the English Civil War of parliamentarist forces under Thomas Fairfax used for storage, as this Bickleigh Castle besieged.
The site is about 250 meters above sea level over a series of valleys all the way to the Exe Valley . On a clear day you can see from there as far as Cranmore Castle , Huntsham Castle , Dolbury Castle , Stoke Hill , Raddon Top , Posbury Hill Fort and Cotley Castle . The site is accessible via a public footpath signposted from the village of Cadbury .
Individual evidence
- ^ RR Sellman: Aspects of Devon History . Devon Books, 1985. ISBN 0-86114-756-1 . Chapter 2: The Iron Age in Devon . P. 11: The map of the Iron Age hill castles in Devon also includes Cadbury Castle.
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '9.6 " N , 3 ° 32" 35.2 " W.