Portal:Somerset/Did you know/21

From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:
 * ... that Beckington Castle (pictured), built in the early 17th century, was not called a castle until 1839?
 * ... that the Roman settlement at Gatcombe, in the modern English county of Somerset, may be the site of Iscalis described by Ptolemy?
 * ... that some criminals were seen on television riding around Weston-super-Mare on an open-top bus?
 * ... that Richmont Castle once overlooked the Chew Valley?
 * ...that in 1737 cooper Charles Milsom discovered a spring in Lyncombe, Bath while fixing a fishpond, and styled himself as a doctor to market the spring water for its health-giving properties?