Cadbury Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cadebi; Cadanbyrig; castri de Cadebir; Camalet; Camelot

In the civil parish of South Cadbury.
In the historic county of Somerset (Modern Authority of Somerset, 1974 county of Somerset).

Ancient site use dating back to neolithic. Revived as fortress town by Ethelred II in 1009 but shortlived and abandoned in reign of Cnut. A 'castle of Cadbury' is mentioned in 1209 so may have had some slight later useage. King writes that site lost and poss not even in Somerset. This site has been thoroughly excavated.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST628251

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 199646

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 54555 & 54807

• Web site links
  • http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=54555
    http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=54807
• Books
  • Dunning, Robert, 1995, Somerset Castles (Somerset Books) p24-6
    Alcock, Leslie, 1995, Cadbury Castle, Somerset: the early medieval archaeology
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p445, 559
    Alcock, Leslie, 1972, 'By South Cadbury is that Camelot ...': The excavation of Cadbury Castle 1966-1970
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p583
    Bothamley, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Somerset Vol2 p484
• Journal Articles
  • Alcock, Leslie, 1980, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies Vol28 p656-718
    Radford, C.A.R., 1970, 'The later pre-Conquest boroughs and their defences' Medieval Archaeology Vol14 p96
    (Alcock), 1969, Medieval Archaeology Vol13 p239
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Rotuli de Liberate ac de Misis et Praestitis (Rec. Comm.) p120
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/dorseteng.html#somerset2]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p416-17