Dumnonii
Sign in to saveThe Dumnonii or Dumnones were a British tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further parts of the South West peninsula of Britain, from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period. They were bordered to the east by the Durotriges tribe.
Key facts
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- Celts of England.name
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- Celts of England.capital
- Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter)
- Celts of England.location
- CornwallDevonWest Somerset
- Celts of England.rulers
- Kings of Dumnonia
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Language
- Territory
- Settlements
- Isca Dumnoniorum
- Other settlements
- Archaeology
- Industries
- Sub-Roman and post-Roman Dumnonia
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Annales Cambriae
- External links
The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a British tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further parts of the South West peninsula of Britain, from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period. They were bordered to the east by the Durotriges tribe.
==Etymology== William Camden, in his 1607 edition of Britannia, describes Cornwall and Devon as being two parts of the same 'country' which:
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