Frome Finders, the group who explore the history of the town and include several local detectorists, are waiting to hear if they can detect on land earmarked for development near Nunney,

They have approached the Managing Director of Barratt Homes to get permission to check land in order to help them recover relics and artefacts from Frome's Celtic, Roman and Saxon past.

He has referred the request to the Director of Operations and they are hoping for a response sometimes this week.

This is the housebuilding site the detectorists wish to check out:

a site off the Batch roundabout heading off to Nunney

Frome has been used as a place of worship and occupation since Neolithic times and the burial mounds on the Frome Field point to Celitc occupation of the town. The name "Frome" stems from the word Frraw , Celtic for "swift flowing river."

The Finders are particularly keen to find out more about where a King of England was cared for, recorded as a monastery in Frome before his death in the town. And they also need to establish the location of the Saxon Royal Palace and the Saxon Royal Mint .

Finding Frome welcomes contributions from everyone interested in local history, anyone whom, in their words: " Wish to try and solve many of the un answered questions about Frome's past. "

You can put those questions onto their community page by clicking HERE : the Finding Frome site on social media