NOT KNOWN FACTS ABOUT ALFRED'S MOATED STRONG HOLD NEAR TO THE SOMERSET VILLAGE OF ILTON

Saxon kings granted land in Somerset by constitution with the seventh century onward. The way in which and extent to which the Britons survived beneath the Saxons is a debatable subject. Nevertheless, King Ine's legislation make provision for Britons. Somerset at first formed Section of Wessex and latter turned a separate "shire". Somersetshire see