Bat's Castle

Bat's Castle
Editor - W.Page; Chapter on Ancient Earthworks - C.H.Bothamley · Public domain

Bat's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on the 213-metre (699 ft) summit of Gallox Hill in the parish of Carhampton, southwest of Dunster in Somerset, England [1]. The site was identified in 1983 after schoolboys discovered eight silver-plated coins dating from 102 BC to AD 350 [1]. Previously known as Caesar's Camp and possibly associated with Black Ball Camp, the hillfort features two stone ramparts and two ditches, with the ramparts now damaged [1]. The discovery of Roman-era coins suggests continued use or reuse of the site into the Roman period [1].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.1698° N, 3.4497° W

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