North Tawton 600 ft (185m) east-west by 390 ft (120m), and was located adjoining the Roman road between "Isca Dumnoniorum" (Exeter) and Okehampton. In addition, the site of a temporary marching camp has been identified half a mile to the north. By the time of the Domesday survey (1086), there were six farm / manor holdings in what is now North Tawton Parish, including that of Tawton which was the forerunner of the town we know today. St Peter's Church is first recorded in 1257. Only the tower of the present building dates from that time, with the rest being mostly 14th
Isca Dumnoniorum the line between the Isca fortress and Topsham was excavated at the site on Topsham Road in 2010. Initial dating suggests that it was occupied at the same time as the Isca fortress, –75. The settlement () of Isca Dumnoniorum seems to have developed around the Roman fortress. It is one of the four cities () attributed to the Dumnonii by Claudius Ptolemy in his 2nd-century "Geography" and it served as the tribal capital () of the Dumnonii. It was also listed on the late-2nd century Antonine Itinerary, where it forms the southern terminus of route 15 () on the