The Yarn Market ~ Dunster

Lying between Exmoor and the sea, Dunster is an attractive village in Somerset. In the 12th century it sat on the coast, and thrived as the main trading port for Exmoor. However, when the sea retreated, leaving Dunster two miles inland, it continued to prosper as a centre of the wool trade, and it is from this era that Dunster's striking Yarn Market dates. By the 16th and 17th centuries demand had shifted from raw wool to finished cloth. Since Dunster cloth was woven in nearby mills, the village remained prosperous, as the building of the Yarn Market shows. Built in 1609 and repaired in 1647, it sits in the middle of the high street as a monument to this trade.



PiP's showing two busy shops along the High Street.