were found 140 yards northeast of St Mary's parish church and excavated between 1812 and 1816.

The Domesday Book of 1086 records the place-name as Donechitone, and a pipe roll from 1181 records it as Duneketon. The name comes from the Old English words Dunnuca and tun. Dunnuca was a person's name, and a tun is a fence or enclosure.

Woollen cloth making was an important local industry

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