Dr Gabriel Hemery, chief executive of the Sylva Foundation, said: "This reconstruction celebrates the birth of the kingdom of Wessex 1,300 years ago on this very spot. "Not only is the Countess of ...
After the Romans left and the Anglo-Saxons arrived, the south-west of England became the predominant kingdom. William Seymour traces the growth of the Kingdom of Wessex from the early sixth century.