Caratacus Stone

The Caratacus Stone is located in the Exmoor in the county of Somerset (England) due east of the " Spire Cross" said road crossing, 370 meters high near the summit of Winsford Hill. Even antiquarians this stone, which bears the name of Caratacus, hardly known. Thomas Acland built on the stone a solid protective structure around the monolith to protect against erosion. It projects more than 0.9 m from the ground. On its east side two words have been carved in two lines (probably in the 4th century ). Read down it says:

• CARATACI
• NEPVS

"Nephew of Caradoc " The stone commemorates apparently a relative of that British leader who made ​​a strong resistance to the Roman invasion, but was defeated in the Battle of the Medway.

The stone is mentioned in records from the years 1219 and 1279, but the origin and history of stone are controversial. Some consider him to be prehistoric, Romano- British harvested for other or from the Dark Ages. Sure, the writing of Roman provenance, but the historian SH Burton holds the stone age.

On the Winsford hill lie the Wambarrows, three round grave hill ( a fourth in the Southeast ) north of the B3223 ( road). A road connects the Caratacus Stone with the bridge of Tarr Steps in the valley of the Exe.

Legend

The old stone shall be a place where a treasure is buried. There is also an old legend that " ghostly teams go at midnight in the direction of the stone " - but this probably refers to the old not far distant intersection.