Cadbury Castle
Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument and has been associated with King Arthur's legendary court at Camelot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: hillfort in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cadbury Castle, Somerset”, “Cadbury Castle, South Cadbury”, “Camelot”, “Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury”, “South Cadbury”, and “South Cadbury Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Thomas A Becket and Church of the Holy Cross.
Church of St Thomas A Becket
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Thomas à Becket is the Anglican parish church for the ancient village of South Cadbury in Somerset and is dedicated to Thomas Becket. Today it is one of the 'Camelot Churches' of South Somerset in the Diocese of Bath and Wells and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1961. Church of St Thomas A Becket is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Cadbury Castle.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of the Holy Cross in Weston Bampfylde, Sparkford, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of the Holy Cross is situated 1 mile west of Cadbury Castle.
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdalene in Sparkford, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Mary Magdalene is situated 1¼ miles west of Cadbury Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sutton Montis and South Cadbury.
Sutton Montis
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Cadbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, in the Somerset district of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.
South Cadbury
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Cadbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, in the Somerset district of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.
Cadbury Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, contour fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Cadbury, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Cadbury Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cadbury Castle”
- Chinese: “凱德伯裏城堡”
- Chinese: “凱德伯里城堡”
- Chinese: “卡德伯里城堡”
- Dutch: “South Cadbury Castle”
- French: “Cadbury Castle”
- German: “Cadbury Castle”
- Italian: “Cadbury Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Cadbury (Somerset)”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Cadbury”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Cadbury”
- Swedish: “Cadbury Castle”
- Turkish: “Cadbury Kalesi, Somerset”
- “Cadbury Castle”
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