The Saxon royal palace

The Saxon royal palace in Cheddar was used several times in the 10th century to host the Witenagemot.[21] After the Norman Conquest, the county was divided into 700 fiefs, and large areas were owned by the crown,[3] with fortifications such as Dunster Castle used for control and defence. Somerset contains HMP Shepton Mallet, England's oldest prison still in use, which opened in 1610.[22] In the English Civil War Somerset was largely Parliamentarian.[23] In 1685 the Monmouth Rebellion was played out in Somerset and neighbouring Dorset.[24] The rebels landed at Lyme Regis and travelled north, hoping to capture Bristol and Bath, but they were defeated in the Battle of Sedgemoor at Westonzoyland, the last pitched battle fought in England.[25] Arthur Wellesley took his title, Duke of Wellington from the town of Wellington;[26] he is commemorated on a nearby hill by a large, spotlit obelisk, known as the Wellington Monument.
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