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King's Castle, Somerset

King's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near Wells, Somerset. The site occupies the flat crest of an elongated hill which forms the western end of a ridge outlying the Mendip Hills. The site includes a well-defined enclosure on the west tip of the hill, a larger less well-defined secondary enclosure on the east, and a similar sized area of land between the two, open-sided to the north. The monument is within the council area of Somerset.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008807.

Place Type: Hillfort
Historic County: Somerset
Lat, Long: 51.208363,-2.6190039
Grid Reference: ST 5685 4564
Civil Parish: St Cuthbert Out CP
Council Area: Somerset CA
Police Area: Avon and Somerset PA

GBPN ID: 302736
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/King's_Castle,_Somerset_302736

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