Cenwalh drove the Britons from the Peun (the Pen Hills in Somerset) to the River Parrett. This battle effectively gave Wessex control of much of Somerset and pushed the effective British frontier to the Parrett and Exe. It was one of the most significant territorial expansions in early West Saxon history, giving the kingdom the agricultural wealth of the Somerset levels.
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