Editing Frome (section)

=== Prehistoric ===

Finds from [[Whatley Quarry]] near [[Mells, Somerset|Mells]] suggest the presence of late [[Pleistocene]] mankind.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pastscape |url=https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202834 |access-date=4 February 2019 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232330/https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202834 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Neolithic]] bowl barrows have been located in nearby Trudoxhill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pastscape |url=https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202873 |access-date=4 February 2019 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232228/https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202873 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> At Murtry Hill, just 3&nbsp;km to the north-west of Frome, a Neolithic long barrow 35m long by 19m wide was located with substantial upright stones (Orchardleigh Stones<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orchardleigh Stones |url=https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7671 |access-date=2019-04-23 |website=The Megalithic Portal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314113721/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7671 |archive-date=14 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>), a 'chest' burial and cremation urns.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1006174|desc=Burial chamber (remains of), Murtry Hill, Orchardleigh Park|date=2015-08-10|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> Within Frome itself, another long barrow was found, with skeletons, pottery and a standing stone; its structure seemed similar to the Long Kennet barrow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pastscape |url=https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202689 |access-date=4 February 2019 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232058/https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202689 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Others from the Bronze Age have been identified in [[Berkley, Somerset|Berkley]] to the north-east<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pastscape |url=https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1592648 |access-date=4 February 2019 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232113/https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1592648 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and near [[Nunney]] to the south-west.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pastscape |url=https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202793 |access-date=4 February 2019 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232245/https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=202793 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Iron Age hill forts lie to the west ([[Kingsdown Camp|Kingsdown]], [[Tedbury Camp|Tedbury]] and [[Wadbury Camp|Wadbury]]) and to the east ([[Cley Hill]] and [[Roddenbury Hillfort|Roddenberry]]).