Cadbury Hill
Cadbury Hill | |
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![]() The view from the Yatton side of Cadbury Hill | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
Prominence | 26 m (85 ft) |
Geography | |
Location | North Somerset, England |
OS grid | ST442649 |
Topo map | OS Landrangers 171, 172 |
Cadbury Hill is a small
Background
Archaeology
In archaeological circles, the hill fort is known as Cadbury-Congresbury in order to differentiate it from the Cadbury Castle hillfort in South Cadbury. It appears to have been constructed in the Iron Age when one or more ramparts, with walls and ditches, were built on the steep slopes of the hill to defend an area covering some eight and a half acres. The remains of Iron Age round houses may still be seen inside. The hill fort was refortified around 400, after the urban collapse associated with the withdraw of Rome, and occupation extended into the sub-Roman period. Before c.500, there is evidence for the presence of a turf and timber watchtower, a timber hall and (sporadic) continued trade with Byzantium, perhaps selling tin.[5]
It has been suggested that this was the monastery of Saint Congar after whom Congresbury was named.[6]
Excavation took place between 1968 and 1973, and was published in 1992 [7] Mediterranean imports were found with 173 A-ware and 547 B-ware sherds and around 48 glass vessels. These suggest that the hill was the site of an elite settlement.
Wildlife
Cadbury Hill is a designated
The grassy plateau of the hill fort is owned and managed by Yatton and Congresbury Parish Councils and the rest, including a car park and former landfilled quarry, by North Somerset Council.
See also
- List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset
References
- ^ "Cadbury Hill Camp". National Monuments Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-873592-85-4
- ISBN 0-7134-6083-0
- ^ Time Team: Swords, skulls and strongholds, Channel 4, 19 May 2008, retrieved 16 September 2009
- ^ Fleming, Robin (2011). Britain After Rome. London: Penguin. pp. 34–5.
- ISBN 0-7139-0245-0.
- ^ Rahtz, P (1992). Cadbury Congresbury 1968-73: a late Roman/Post-Roman Hilltop settlement in Somerset. BAR/BS 223
- ^ "Cadbury Hill/Henley Quarry". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
- ^ "Map of Cadbury Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
- ^ "Grassland on Cadbury Hill" (PDF). Yatton and Congresbury Wildlife Action Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
External links
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- Cadbury Hill at the Megalithic Portal
- Information page from Natural England