East Lyng

• East Lyng, Somerset. 
• Scheduled Monument

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.

9^th C                            Mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

10^th 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                            31^st December: Scheduled.

2000                            12^th October: Scheduled.