Camelot - South Cadbury Castle

Archaeologists are still determining the unexpected dates of this site at South Cadbury Castle, which was initially thought to be Iron Age from its classification. Therefore, the discovery of Neolithic pits at the site challenges their previously held beliefs about its functions. However, instead of reconsidering their perceptions, they provided speculative explanations for these out-of-time artefacts and features. For example, they have described a bank beneath the Iron Age defences as a “lynchet or terrace derived from early ploughing,” even though no carbon dating evidence supports this claim. This site is likely Neolithic, and the ‘lynchets’ could be Mesolithic banks, indicating its actual age. The discovery of the Bronze Age shield is also an indication of the status of the site and its trading routes – as only one has been found, this would indicate that it was part of the trading or personal ownership of someone in the 10th Century BC at this site. This suggests that this trading could have been much earlier than current archaeologists suggest, which could have been with the Mediterranean. The other finds from the late Saxon period indicate a possible source of this unusual artefact. The function of the site The fact that in the East of this site is one of the largest quarries in Somerset and that the Saxons used the fort as a mint just over a thousand years ago proves that the site’s function was a mineral extraction and trading point. This extraction goes back to the Mesolithic period shown on LiDAR maps with a natural harbour by the Quarries and then Dykes to the Trading site as the prehistoric waters fell. No doubt (as the banks are found not to be defensive), the fort was fortified later during the Roman period with Stone as it was to keep the valuable minerals safe but not as a defensive barrier of warfare as suggested. This would explain the minor disturbances and deaths at a single gate as raiders would have attempted to steal the valuable minerals it contained in its workshops, as described by archaeologists. Further Reading For information about British Prehistory, visit www.prehistoric-britain.co.uk, which has the most extensive collection of archaeology blogs and investigations, including modern LiDAR reports. This site also includes extracts and articles from the Robert John Langdon Trilogy about Britain in the Prehistoric period, including titles such as The Stonehenge Enigma, Dawn of the Lost Civilisation and the ultimate proof of Post Glacial Flooding and the landscape we see today. Robert John Langdon has also created a YouTube web channel with over 100 investigations and video documentaries to support his classic trilogy (Prehistoric Britain). He has also released a collection of strange coincidences called' 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense in History’ and his recent discovery of a lost Stone Avenue at Avebury in Wiltshire called ‘Silbury Avenue—the Lost Stone Avenue’. Langdon has also produced a series of ‘shorts’, which are extracts from his main body of books: The Ancient Mariners Stonehenge Built 8300 BCE Old Sarum Prehistoric Rivers Dykes ditches and Earthworks. Echoes of Atlantis Homo Superior More Blogs at: https://prehistoric-britain.co.uk/ This Blog at: https://prehistoric-britain.co.uk/sou...