Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DANESBOROUGH

DANESBOROUGH, an ancient British camp on one of the Quantock hills, 2 miles W of Nether Stowey, in Somerset. It has double ramparts; is situated 1, 022 feet above sea-level; and was the place where the Romans defeated the Belgæ.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an ancient British camp"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Somerset Ancient County

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