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A Reconnaissance Excavation at South Cadbury Castle, Somerset, 1966

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

Leslie Alcock
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South Cadbury Castle (N.G. ST 6225) occupies a free-standing hill, some 500 feet high, towards the Somerset-Dorset border. The hill itself is principally, if not entirely, of yellow sandstone belonging to the Jurassic series. To the west there are wide views across the low-lying Somerset basin centred on Glastonbury, an area of great importance in the early post-Roman centuries. To the east, a scarp marks the western edge of the higher ground of Wessex. In cultural terms, South Cadbury lies within the north-western limits of the coins of the Durotriges, but is only a dozen miles from the Glastonbury Lake Village. In the post-Roman period, it is one of the most easterly sites to produce imported pottery of Tintagel type, as well as one of the most inland.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 70 - 76
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1967

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