History of Dunster

Just southwest of Dunster are Bat's Castle and Black Ball Camp on Gallox Hill (also known as British Camp). They were Iron Age hill forts. There was a similar earthwork on Grabbist Hill and another at Croydon Hill.

Dunster is mentioned not only as a manor belonging to William de Moyon in the Domesday Book in 1086 but also the site of his castle.

The 15th-century Gallox Bridge was one of the main routes over the River Avill on the southern outskirts.

Dunster was part of the hundred of Carhampton.

During the English Civil War, Dunster was initially held as a garrison for the Royalists