| Somerset has a great deal of stories about dragons but one of the most
famous is of the Norton Fitzwarren dragon. It is said that after a great
battle during the Iron Age a mighty dragon was formed from the pile of
corpses. The dreaded beast set about terrorising the area by devouring
children and destroying crops growing in the fields. Angered by the
exploits of the evil dragon one man stood up to face the foe.
A young man called Fulke Fitzwarren took on the beast in single
combat. After a long and bloody struggle, he pierced the dragons heart
and cut off its head.
In All Saints Church at Norton Fitzwarren stands a sixteenth-century
rood screen that depicts the gruesome story.
Many now believe that legends of Dragons are associated with the
invasion of the Danes into the County.
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The Norton Fitzwarren Dragon