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Fortified Saxon Burgh aligned east to west.
Connected to Athelney by a causeway.
Associated with King Alfred.
Finds include two bronze palstaves and a Roman bronze mask.
849-899 Burgh.
9th C Mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
10th C Burghal Hideage mentioned.
1967 Field Investigation.
1975 Excavated by Committee for Research Archaeology in Action, Gloucestershire and Somerset. (CRAGGS).
1975 Field Investigation.
1981 Watching Brief.
1987 31st December: Scheduled.
2000 12th October: Scheduled.