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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | Caratacus stone, Winsford Hill. SS 88983355
The inscription reads “CARAACI NEPUS’, kinsman of Caratacus. The stone
originally lay close to a track running out of the Exe valley. A shelter was
built for it in l906. Caratacus was the British leader of the rebellion
against the Romans in 47-51 AD. The stone was first documented in 1219 as a
Forest boundary and called the "Langeston". |
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