King's Castle, Wiveliscombe

King's Castle, Wiveliscombe
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Also known as: Castle Hill, Wivelscombe, Hillfort on Castle Hill 650m south east of Ford House, King's Castle, King's Castle Hillfort, King’s Castle (Wiveliscombe)

King's Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort 1 kilometre east of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England [1]. It is surrounded by two banks with a ditch between them [1]. The inner wall ranges up to 2.5 metres high and the outer wall gets up to 1.5 metres high [1]. Arrowheads, scrapers, and borers from as far back as the Neolithic period have been found at the site [1]. A coin hoard of 1139 coins was found in a pot buried 0.30 metres deep [1]. The site has been heavily damaged by repeated quarrying and ploughing [1].

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TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.0462° N, 3.2896° W

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