River Parrett
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The River Parrett is a river that flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset. Flowin
River Parrett near Burrowbridge
Aerial view of the mouth of the River Parrett as it flows into Bridgwater Bay
The river near Pawlett showing Hinkley Point power stations A and B
The river near the A303 at South Petherton
Dumnonia
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Dumnonia, a Latinised name, was a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the 6th century CE and the 7th century CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England.
River Parrett
…to reduce the incidence and effect of floods and to drain the surrounding fields. In Anglo-Saxon times, the river formed a boundary between Wessex and Dumnonia. It later served the Port of Bridgwater and enabled cargoes to be transported inland. The arrival of the railways led to a decline in commercial shipping…
Cadbury Castle, Somerset, a possible early Dumnonian defensive site
King Doniert's Stone in Cornwall, believed to commemorate Donyarth, the last recorded king of the rump state of Dumnonia
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