History of Somerset

Dumnonia (, in the adjective form), a Latinised name, was a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the 6th century CE and the 7th century CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England.

Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. Originally a Roman town, and later a market town, Ilchester has a rich medieval history and was a notable settlement in the county; around the 12th and 13th centuries it was effectively the county town. It had, however, declined in size and importance by the beginning of the 18th century, and the last markets were held in 1833. In 1889 the historic corporation that had governed the town (the Bailiff and Burgesses) was dissolved.

range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England

remains of a 8150 BC human male found in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK

former non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in England

9th century accord between Alfred the Great and Guthrum the Old

ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England

The Durotriges were one of the Celtic tribes living in Britain prior to the Roman invasion. The tribe lived in modern Dorset, south Wiltshire, south Somerset and Devon east of the River Axe and the discovery of an Iron Age hoard in 2009 at Shalfleet, Isle of Wight gives evidence that they may also have lived in the western half of the island. There is growing evidence to suggest that women held relatively high status in the tribe due to several factors including: high status grave goods found predominantly in female graves and the society being matrilocal. After the Roman conquest, their main

archaeological find

hillfort in Somerset, England, UK

hillfort in Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK

medieval castle in Somerset, England, UK

reservoir in Somerset, England

English county cricket club

Grade I listed clapper bridge in Somerset, England, UK

town in Roman Britain on the site of Bath, England

1973 plane crash in Switzerland

series of trials, 1685

thumb|right|Modern boundary stone commemorating the Roman origins of Ilchester Lindinis or Lendiniae was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Ilchester, located in the English county of Somerset in the United Kingdom.

hoard found near Frome in Somerset, England

Neolithic chambered tomb in England

The Agapemonites or Community of The Son of Man was a religious cult or sect that existed in England from 1846 to 1956. It was named from the meaning "abode of love". The Agapemone community was founded by the Reverend Henry Prince in Spaxton, Somerset. The sect also built a church in Upper Clapton, London, and briefly had bases in Stoke-by-Clare in Suffolk, Brighton and Weymouth.

Neolithic henge monument; stone circles

thumb|The Wansdyke on Tan Hill, Wiltshire Wansdyke (from ''Woden's Dyke'') is a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil, with the ditching facing north. There are two main parts: an eastern dyke that runs between Savernake Forest, West Woods and Morgan's Hill in Wiltshire, and a western dyke that runs from Monkton Combe to the ancient hill fort of Maes Knoll in historic Somerset. Between these two dykes, there is a middle section formed by the remains of the London-to-Bath Roman roa