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Cadbury Castle is a hill fort near the village of South Cadbury in Somerset, England, five miles north west of Yeovil at grid reference ST62862512. The fort is one of the best known of the sites associated with mythic Arthurian England, and the legends of Camelot. The summit is 150 metres (500ft) above sea level, and the hill is surrounded by four terraced earthwork walls and a stand of trees. Excavation at and around the site has discovered iron age, Roman and Saxon artefacts. The limestone hill is situated on the southern edge of the Somerset Levels, with flat lowland to the north. Jump to: navigation, search The term hill fort is commonly used by archeologists to describe fortified enclosures located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. ... Jump to: navigation, search South Cadbury in Somerset is a hilltop archaeological site covering an area of around 8ha, 12km northeast of Yeovil and near the historical hillfort Cadbury Castle. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Map sources for Yeovil at grid reference ST5516 Yeovil is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Jump to: navigation, search King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... Camelot is the name of the stronghold of the legendary King Arthur, from which he fought many of the battles that made up his life. ... Jump to: navigation, search The metre or (in American English) meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... FT can mean: The EMD FT, a pioneering diesel locomotive built in the 1930s by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jump to: navigation, search Limestone (CaCO3) is a sedimentary rock composed of the mineral calcite (calcium carbonate). ... The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly called) is a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset between the Quantock and Mendip hills, consisting of marine clay levels along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) moors. The total area...

Note: there is also a Cadbury Castle, Devon at grid reference SS91310528 in Devon. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Jump to: navigation, search Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...