EXPLORING A HILLFORT OF ARTHURIAN LEGEND
I explore the Hillfort of legends and mystery in South Cadbury Somerset reputed to be Camelot !
A true walk in history investigating the magnificence of the area looking at the landscape and searching for King Arthur's Well . The history of this Hillfort known as Cadbury Castle goes back 4,000 years from Neolithic through to the Middle ages and beyond.
The mystery of King Arthur and if there is any fact to him ever existing still elude any exploration of the area . The Hillfort with the position within the Somerset landscape would at one time almost certainly have been a island with the Somerset levels being in such close proximity.
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It's one of my favorite places on Earth. Thank you for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it-Thank you for watching 👍
Love that place ... Very atmospheric...
It really is! Thank you for watching
Awesome! I stumbled upon Cadbury Castle while researching Glastonbury. Veey interesting, thank you James!
Glad you enjoyed it-Thank you for watching Sam
Your walks and descriptions of what you see are really enjoyable James. Thank You.
Excellent I am pleased you enjoyed this as it is all about the place and not about me-Thank you so much for watching 👍
Oh wow. I've never even heard of this place before but I've thoroughly enjoyed 'walking' through history with you and learning something new. When you stand in such beautiful spots it's difficult to imagine the battles that have happened there in years gone by isn't it? So tranquil today. I would love a time machine and be able to go back in time and watch what life was like over the centuries. Thank you so much for taking us with you. Always a pleasure.
My pleasure Tiz thank you for watching
Enjoyed this one James. Definitely have to give this place a visit . Love all that kind of stuff
Brilliant I am pleased that you are interested to visit-Thank you for watching 👍
Cracking film, a man after my own heart. I love exploring the history and hill Forts of the peak district where I live. Good stuff look forward to watching your other films
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Very interesting James, there can't be many hillforts with a well, especially a Holy one :)
So true Sandy also this fort is amazing to visit with a feeling of history that can not be compared with others I have visited 👍Thank you for watching
Great episode James, thank you 😊
My pleasure-Thank you for watching
Love it there. Have a fab picture of myself, my two young children and my late husband with his arms protectively around us up there on the summit. Thanks for bringing back a precious memory. I've always felt that King Arthur is a precious folk memory of someone immensely important to our ancestors.
I am pleased that my short adventure in history brought back cherished memories for you-Your comment is totally appreciated this also made my walk seem worth filming . Thank you for watching !
Thanks James, a fascinating walk with you. Best Wishes
Glad you enjoyed it & thank you for watching
Thank you for walking in history with Lidar and hydrology mapping we're seeing into a different past. You can walk anywhere in your area and its interesting!!
I agree with you this certainly adds a different perspective when I visit an area-Thank you for watching
I really enjoyed that. You got yourself a new subscriber 😊👍
Awesome, thank you!
Hi James, you keep getting shout outs on the Wessex Way Podcast and then this one popped up this evening so I couldn't resist having a look. It is a lovely place, so green and tranquil with commanding views. Having a spring may well have been the key factor in holding out against the Romans? Interesting to know the origin of the name. Great video well done. New subscriber from Spain!!
Awesome, thank you-I agree with you must have been a hard place to attack 👍
awesome video man.. love the history
Much appreciated!-Thank you Daniel 👍
I love these old English places
Thank you for watching I am pleased you enjoyed
I enjoyed watching this vid :) It's been a while since I've been to Cadbury castle; will have to go back there again sometime :)
I know I watched your video my friend-A great area -Thank you for watching 👍
Lovely video, thank you.
Thank you too!
“Let’s not go there, tis a silly place”. Sorry, couldn’t resist
I am sure will change your mind if you visited-Thank you for watching 😊
@@jameswalksinhistory3848 been there twice James, it was a gratuitous Monty Python reference, as one is wont to do whenever Arthur is mentioned.... 🤪
The well was at 1.59 on your right. Also, the theory was that it wasn't just the hillfort as that hills encompassed 2 other hills, 1 you showed at about 1.30, and the second is to the right. Originally, Cadbury Hill was a pyramid built in the early South american style. Then, the pyramid was filled and squared. It was then hollowed out and used for celtic usage in the early bronze before becoming a dumnomian Fort to fight and withstand the Romans. The hill you said a dragon would fly to. Is the hill it was attached to. It's a shame they don't unearth the entrance to the inside because that's solid. Glad you found the well lol. It's not blue paint it's what's caused by the ageing. Another thing missed the hill to the left or faced by the entrance where you begin has a devil carved in the ground. That Kate thing is new, haha.
Thank you for that very interesting comment on the surrounding Hills and the Devil-I will have to go back at sometime and have a more in depth look -I am fairly local so this would be good-Thank you for watching
Spent part of summer 1969 helping on the archaeological dig by Cardiff University sponsored by The Sunday Times. The pub at that time was called “The White Lion”? Scrumpy and nine-pin bowling most nights. Remember the panicky weekly meetings to come up with something exciting to send to the Sunday paper. Watched the moon landing in a tent in team campground.
I am pleased it brought back great memories for you-A fantastic area-Thank you for watching
The Ewes with lambs are usually up there by now.
No livestock up there on Tuesday -So very pleasant -Thank you for watching
Do you reckon we could convince people to hack out those banks and ditches by hand these days? Let’s hope we don’t have to.
So true amazing effort by our ancestors -Thank you for watching
All the Arthurian nonsense detracts from the true history of these sites. Dont get me onto wizards and dragons.
I agree -Thank you for watching