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Cadbury Castle, Somerset

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Cadbury Castle, Somerset
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Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort on a limestone summit near Yeovil, reused by Roman forces and later occupied until after 580. Its ramparts enclose a broad plateau where a Saxon mint briefly struck coins and a great hall stood among smaller rooms. The name may honour Cador or the River Cam, while legend still points the castle toward Arthur's Camelot.
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Cadbury Castle in Somerset was likely built by the Normans in the 12th century, possibly by the de Courcy family. It is important as a well-preserved example of a motte-and-bailey castle and as a site linked to the historical conflict between the Crown and local lords in medieval England.

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Photo: Paul Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0