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Every night the Dragon is reputed to fly North-West across the valley of the River Exe to the nearby mound that is Cadbury Castle (OS Map Ref. SS 913052), and then back again. | Every night the Dragon is reputed to fly North-West across the valley of the River Exe to the nearby mound that is Cadbury Castle (OS Map Ref. SS 913052), and then back again. | ||
The reason for this is that the Dragon also has a horde of treasure enterred in that hill also. As an old rhyme says: | The reason for this is that the Dragon also has a horde of treasure enterred in that hill also. | ||
As an old rhyme says: | |||
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If Cadbury Castle and Dolbury Hill delven were | If Cadbury Castle and Dolbury Hill delven were | ||
All England might plough with a golden share | All England might plough with a golden share | ||
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Cadbury Castle is another Iron Age hillfort and is one of the main contenders for being the location of King Arthur Pendragon's Camelot. So in a sense, it could be said that there has been a Dragon there from at least 480AD. | |||
Cadbury Castle is another Iron Age hillfort and is one of the main contenders for being the location of King Arthur Pendragon's Camelot. | |||
So in a sense, it could be said that there has been a Dragon there from at least 480AD. | |||