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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cadbury Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.477 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Clevedon  Nearest Village: Yatton
Map Ref: ST442649
Latitude: 51.380393N  Longitude: 2.80316W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
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4Good
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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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Roob visited on 21st Feb 2025 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4

4clydesdale7 visited on 25th Jul 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This Camp has a lot to offer - its history is fascinating

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Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by Creative Commons : This Ancient fort, directly under the flight path from Bristol International Airport, is on top of Cadbury Hill and must have been an easily defendable position. Whilst wooded all around the top is kept clear by occasional grazing. Owned by Yatton Parish Council it provides open access and excellent walks for the public. Copyright FollowMeChaps and licensed for reuse under the Creati... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cadbury Hill Fort is situated on top of Cadbury Hill just outside of Yatton, in Somerset.

There are remains of earthworks in the woodland that covers the hill and the views from the top are amazing. There is a "set" walk you can take along the river below and up to the hill from the nearby village of Congresbury. Access is easy and there is plenty of parking etc. at the near-by garden centre.
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Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The southern bank looking east (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The newer eastern half of the Inner Camp looking towards the newer eastern entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The earlier eastern (now middle) bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : View from the modern western entrance SW towards Brent Knoll (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Limestone rubble in the older western Inner Camp (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Looking west up the promontory approach to the newer eastern entrance

Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Defensive earthworks outside the newer eastern entrance

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Re: Cadbury Hill by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 26 July 2012
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Of the two hillforts in the North of Somerset bearing the name 'Cadbury' (meaning Cado's Camp - a 6th century tribal king) this is known by two names Cadbury Hill Camp and Cadbury Congresbury - the other Camp in the area (standing to the North) is known as Cadbury Camp (Tickenham) - there is a third Camp in Somerset having this name (Cadbury Castle) some 50 miles to the south and a fourth also known as Cadbury Castle near Crediton in Devon -

This hillfort is univallate and the western section was built in the Iron Age with an eastern section added a few hundred years later - thus 'in the middle' there are the remains of an original Eastern Bank and entrance - the whole is essentially kidney shaped and it lies W to E - the newer Eastern entrance is inturned and heavily protected by overlapping earthworks - the ramparts have spread overtime and at certain points have disintegrated with rubble falling down the steep scarp to the north west and south - the ramparts were said to have been surmounted by a timber pallisade -

Numerous finds have been made; Neolithic flints, Barbed and Tanged arrowheads; 830 slingstones; Samian potsherds; North African slipware; more recent pottery with Christian symbols and with numerous finds of Roman artefacts -

The views from the Camp are now largely blocked by trees - there are some occasional beautiful glimpses but the real interest in the Camp lies within - there are the remains of at least eight small round or oval huts, a longhouse, various suggested footings for buildings and shrines of Roman design and quite probably the remains of the Monastery founded by St Congar (Cungar/Cyngar) (a Hermit later Bishop) after whom Congresbury is named - the Inner Camp (particularly that in the Western half) is littered with limestone rubble - fortunately a local Archaeological Research Group have produced a superb pdf. file and published it on-line at http://www.yccart.co.uk/index_htm_files/ Cadbury Hill Corney final v2.pdf - with detailed maps of the Inner Camp showing just about every 'lump and bump' suitably numbered and identified - I have spent over five hours within the camp absolutely spellbound - and I shall be returning

Congresbury itself has two Ancient Crosses (one wayside the other in the Churchyard) - a superb memorial/epitaph for a local farmer (Hardwicke) who having been shot by a highwayman gave chase and captured him and also close by the large Ancient Yew born of the Bishops Staff thrust into the ground by St Congar - and the pub does a good lunch

The pastscape entry gives some good detail but nowhere near as good as the local online guide referred to above; pastscape: North Somerset; Congresbury; 195114; Map reference ST44156495;
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    Re: Cadbury Hill by Anonymous on Friday, 20 July 2018
    Hi 4clydesdale7,

    I've got a query for a geography project about oak trees on Cadbury Hill. I was wondering if you could give me any information as to the age of the trees on the hill.

    I guess some trees will have been planted quite recently, but you say that the area goes back 100s of years, so maybe the trees do as well.

    Thanks
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Re: Cadbury Hill by Anonymous on Saturday, 13 September 2008
The river below the hill is called the Yeo!
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