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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cadbury Castle (Devon) - Hillfort in England in Devon

Submitted by MattImpey on Tuesday, 26 June 2007  Page Views: 37582

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cadbury Castle (Devon) Alternative Name: Cadbury Castle Fort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.209 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Cadbury
Map Ref: SS913053
Latitude: 50.836988N  Longitude: 3.545062W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by MattImpey : The Iron Age Hillfort has since seen action as an encampment during the English Civil war. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Devon. Cadbury Castle is an early Iron Age earthwork Fort. Approximately 830ft (250m) above sea-level with views over the Exe valley.
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Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by MattImpey : The views from the hillfort of the Exe-valley are excellent. A definate picnic spot. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Looking to the right at the SE entrance towards a track around the perimeter of the hillfort's defences. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by angieweekender : Looking North over the Exe valley. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by angieweekender : the eastern entrance from the outside with a view of the ramparts. this hillfort is fairly heavily wooded so views of the fortifications are quite difficult. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by MattImpey : The views from the top of Cadbury Castle are excellent. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by MattImpey : Legend has it that Cadbury Castle is home of the Cadbury Dragon who protects the Furdons of Devon. Fursdon House is nearby in Cadbury.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of Cadbury Castle Fort (Devon) Source: www.lidarfinder.com

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by hoya105 : Cadbury from a distance - waiting for the dragon to fly....

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Part of another information panel, relating to the view from Cadbury, shows a map of other hillforts in the area. (Note: South is at the top here, to match the view from this panel in situ.)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Another illustration showing items found in the well shaft.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Some of the things found in the well shaft from the information panel.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Late in the 4th century AD and there is now an enclosure with a wooden shrine over a deep well or shaft. Various artefacts were found in this shaft.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Inside, another panel shows how people lived up here in the Iron Age.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : An enlargement of the section of the first info board showing the time-scale of the hillfort's construction.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : A new set of information boards have been put in place. This one shows the view our ancestors would have had from the same position, below the SE entrance.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : A distant view of Cadbury Castle from the Exeter to Tiverton road (A396) while sitting on upper deck of bus. The hillfort is just left of centre here, with wooded slopes. That must be Copenhagen farmhouse just below it in the fertile Exe valley. 7.1.16.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : This was the shelter someone had started to build under the banks to the north of the hillfort. Obviously fell in love with the great views too! (Probably gone to hunt and skin a large animal to cover it with?) ;-)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Looking towards the River Exe valley from the northern banks on 28th December 2015. I can't wait to return on a sunny day and enjoy these amazing views.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : This must be the 'entrance' gap in the banks shown at NE on the plan. Spectacular views there.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : My cousin stands in the central area near a base for an information board. There is one on SE approach and another below [outside] the N? banks but none have any info as yet.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : A diagram showing the layout of the hillfort from a cadburyweb.com website article 'LIVING HERE LONG AGO – the Later Iron Age' by Bryony and John Coles. (Their copyright, and plan based on OSMasterMapdata according to the notes.)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : These were objects found in the shaft in the centre of the hillfort. (Found on a 'cadburyweb.com' website and with this title 'LIVING HERE LONG AGO' – the Later Iron Age, by Bryony and John Coles. Their copyright. (A part-factual/part-fiction article.)

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Arriving back at the bottom of the muddy lane (we remembered wellies), with view of where we and others had parked in the widest part of the road ahead.

Cadbury Castle (Devon)
Cadbury Castle (Devon) submitted by AngieLake : Looking back along the western bank where a couple stand admiring the views. The wind was very sharp and cold on this side!

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Re: Cadbury Castle (Devon) by WBond on Saturday, 19 September 2015
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Beautiful location - I wouldn't say that the trees obscure the view of the ramparts too badly at all! I was the only person there for nearly a whole day. Very quiet, peaceful and there stunning views all around. I love a place that has atmosphere such as this - a great place to sit while immersed in your thoughts.
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    Re: Cadbury Castle (Devon) by AngieLake on Thursday, 31 December 2015
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    Totally agree with you WBond, after visiting on 28th December, luckily with only one other couple arriving after my cousin and I did.
    Next time, hopefully alone, on a sunny day to see the views more clearly. The old gnarled and twisty trees just add to the mystical ambience of the site, don't they? I can't wait to return.
    (Uley Bury got me a bit like that in September.)

    I did notice someone had tried to build a shelter under the outer banks to the north. A construction of branches like a small pitched-roof tent, with stupendous views. (Be a mite wet in there at the moment!)
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Re: Cadbury Castle (Devon) by Anonymous on Thursday, 01 May 2014
I have just written a book based on this iron age fort. It is a rewriting of a legend which even explains the gully round the southern inner pert of the fort. If you know this location the book should be interesting. the name of the book, assuming I get it published, will be 'Bill Marlin, Computer Wizard'. Don't worry, the content is as factual as I can make it.

Mike Ledwidge. (The other one).
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