Charterhouse (Roman town)

Charterhouse is a name used for a former Roman-British town, located west of the later village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in Somerset, England. A nearby pre-Roman Iron Age hill fort, Charterhouse Camp, is also located nearby.

The Latin name of the town in the Roman era is unknown; it may have been Iscalis, but this is far from certain. Based on inscriptions on a pig of Roman lead BRIT. EX. ARG. VEB, meaning "British (lead) from the VEB... lead-silver works", the Roman name has also been reconstructed as Vebriacum (in which case, Iscalis was more likely at the future site of Cheddar, Somerset).

The Roman landscape has been designated as a scheduled monument.

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