About King's Castle, Wiveliscombe

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King's Castle is a Neolithic hillfort 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It is surrounded by two banks with a ditch between them. The inner wall ranges up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high and the outer wall gets up to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) high. Arrowheads, scrapers, and borers have been found at the site. A coin hoard of 1139 coins was found in a pot buried 0.30 metres (1 ft) deep.

The site has been heavily damaged by repeated quarrying and ploughing.

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Castle Lane, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, TA4 2RL

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