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List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor

April 11, 2023

Sedgemoor is a low-lying area of land in Somerset, England. It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, forming a large part of the Somerset Levels and Moors, a wetland area between the Mendips and the Blackdown Hills.[1] The Neolithic people exploited the reed swamps for their natural resources and started to construct wooden trackways, including the world's oldest known timber trackway, the Post Track, dating to the 3800s BC.[2] The Levels were the location of the Iron Age Glastonbury Lake Village as well as two lake villages at Meare Lake.[3][4] Several settlements and hill forts were built on the natural "islands" of slightly raised land, including Brent Knoll and Glastonbury.[5][6] In the Roman period sea salt was extracted and a string of settlements were set up along the Polden Hills.[7]

Sedgemoor shown within Somerset and England

A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. The legislation governing this is the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The term "monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites, and they are not always visible above ground. Such sites have to have been deliberately constructed by human activity. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars or the Cold War.[8]

There are 79 scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor. The oldest are Neolithic, Bronze Age or Iron Age including hill forts, bowl barrows and occupied caves including several in Cheddar Gorge. Cannington Camp (which is also known as Cynwit Castle) dates from the Bronze Age,[9] while Brent Knoll Camp between the Somerset Levels and Brean Down is Iron Age (although there are some Bronze Age artefacts) and it was reused in the Roman period.[10][11] The Romano-British period is represented with several sites. Medieval sites include several motte-and-bailey castles and church or village crosses. Industrial development, particularly in Bridgwater, are represented by brick and tile kilns and a telescopic railway bridge.[12][13] The most recent monuments are World War II bunkers and bombing decoys on Black Down. The monuments are listed below using the titles given in the English Heritage data sheets.

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Monuments

Name Location Type Completed [note 1] Grid ref.[note 2]
Geo-coordinates		Notes Entry number [note 3]ImageRef.
Alstone lake settlement site West Huntspill Earthworks Iron Age ST 31297 46794
51°12′58″N 2°59′06″W / 51.2162°N 2.9850°W / 51.2162; -2.9850 (Alstone lake settlement site)		 The site was used in the Iron Age and again during the Romano-British and Medieval periods. It was at the edge of an inland lake which is now dry land. 1012311   [14]
Anglo-Saxon occupation site and site of Athelney Abbey on Athelney Hill Lyng Earthworks 9th century ST 34330 29271
51°03′33″N 2°56′04″W / 51.0593°N 2.93458°W / 51.0593; -2.93458 (Anglo-Saxon occupation site and site of Athelney Abbey on Athelney Hill)		 Athelney Abbey was founded by King Alfred in 888, after he stayed there before the Battle of Edington, as a religious house for monks of the Order of St. Benedict. Originally Athelney was a small island in swampland. Following the dissolution it was acquired for use as a private residence by Lord Audley who had the church demolished. With the church demolished and other buildings fallen into disrepair, nothing visible remains at the site today. The site of the Abbey is marked by King Alfred's Monument which is a Grade II listed building. 1019099
 
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Anglo-Saxon burh at East Lyng Lyng Earthworks 9th century ST 33312 29034
51°03′24″N 2°57′10″W / 51.0568°N 2.9529°W / 51.0568; -2.9529 (Anglo-Saxon burh at East Lyng)		 Earthworks remain of a burh which was important during the reign of Alfred the Great. It was surrounded by defensive banks and connected to Athelney Abbey by a causeway across marshland of the Somerset Levels. 1019100   [20]
Balt Moor Wall Lyng Earthworks Middle Ages ST 33826 29095
51°03′27″N 2°56′44″W / 51.0574°N 2.9456°W / 51.0574; -2.9456 (Balt Moor Wall)		 Balt Moor Wall is an earthwork situated on the Somerset Levels to the northwest of the River Tone. The site contains the remains of a section of medieval causeway, which now forms a raised embankment between 6 metres (20 ft) and 10 metres (33 ft) wide and up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high. The structure, which English Heritage refers to as "a rare example of medieval engineering", appears to have been built to protect the Salt Moor from the flooding of the River Tone in the Athelney-Lyng gap. 1018952   [21][22]
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Barrow at Wilmot's Pool and a cairn 45 m to the north Over Stowey Bowl barrow and cairn Bronze Age ST1530838148
51°08′11″N 3°12′43″W / 51.1363°N 3.2119°W / 51.1363; -3.2119 (Barrow at Wilmot's Pool and a cairn 45 m to the north)		 The bowl barrow next to Wilmot's pool is 22 metres (72 ft) in diameter. The cairn, which is 45 millimetres (1.8 in) from the barrow, is approximately 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter and 0.6 metres (2 ft 0 in) high. 1417361   [25]
Blackford Manor House Moat Blackford Earthworks 14th century ST 41022 47891
51°13′38″N 2°50′46″W / 51.2271°N 2.8460°W / 51.2271; -2.8460 (Blackford Manor House Moat)		 Earthworks from a complex of buildings, including a hall and chapel, surrounded by a moat. The site is believed to have been a bishops palace demolished by John Harewell, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, in the 1380s. 1006135   [26]


Bowl barrow 75 m south west of Long House Barn Cheddar Bowl barrow Neolithic to Bronze Age ST 47777 56015
51°18′03″N 2°45′02″W / 51.3009°N 2.7505°W / 51.3009; -2.7505 (Bowl barrow 75 m south west of Long House Barn)		 A bowl barrow approximately 12 metres (39 ft) in diameter. 1014712   [27]
Bowl barrow 91 m south of Piney Sleight Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 47589 55263
51°17′39″N 2°45′11″W / 51.2941°N 2.7530°W / 51.2941; -2.7530 (Bowl barrow 91 m south of Piney Sleight Farm)		 A bowl barrow approximately 9 metres (30 ft) in diameter. 1010922   [28]


Bowl barrow 190 m south west of Tyning's Farm: part of the Tyning's Farm round barrow cemetery Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46849 56376
51°18′14″N 2°45′50″W / 51.3040°N 2.7638°W / 51.3040; -2.7638 (Bowl barrow 190 m south west of Tyning's Farm: part of the Tyning's Farm round barrow cemetery)		 A bowl barrow approximately 14 metres (46 ft) in diameter. 1012593   [29]
Bowl barrow 250 m south east of Tyning's Farm: part of the Tyning's Farm round barrow cemetery Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 47085 56283
51°18′12″N 2°45′37″W / 51.3032°N 2.7604°W / 51.3032; -2.7604 (Bowl barrow 250 m south east of Tyning's Farm: part of the Tyning's Farm round barrow cemetery)		 A bowl barrow approximately 15 metres (49 ft) in diameter. 1015815
 
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Bowl barrow 250 m south west of Ashridge Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46472 55781
51°17′55″N 2°46′09″W / 51.2986°N 2.7691°W / 51.2986; -2.7691 (Bowl barrow 250 m south west of Ashridge Farm)		 A bowl barrow approximately 20 metres (66 ft) in diameter. 1012592   [31]
Bowl barrow 300 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46612 55154
51°17′35″N 2°46′01″W / 51.2930°N 2.7670°W / 51.2930; -2.7670 (Bowl barrow 300 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry)		 A bowl barrow approximately 14 metres (46 ft) in diameter. 1010800
 
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Bowl barrow 300 m north east of Tyning's Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 47248 56680
51°18′24″N 2°45′29″W / 51.3068°N 2.7581°W / 51.3068; -2.7581 (Bowl barrow 300 m north east of Tyning's Farm)		 A bowl barrow approximately 18 metres (59 ft) in diameter. 1011584   [33]
Bowl barrow 330 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46539 55021
51°17′30″N 2°46′05″W / 51.2918°N 2.7681°W / 51.2918; -2.7681 (Bowl barrow 330 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry)		 A bowl barrow approximately 15 metres (49 ft) in diameter. 1010753   [34]
Bowl barrow 350 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46585 55059
51°17′32″N 2°46′03″W / 51.2921°N 2.7674°W / 51.2921; -2.7674 (Bowl barrow 350 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry)		 A bowl barrow approximately 18 metres (59 ft) in diameter. 1010921   [35]


Bowl barrow 400 m southeast of Wellington Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 49457 53390
51°16′39″N 2°43′34″W / 51.2774°N 2.7260°W / 51.2774; -2.7260 (Bowl barrow 400 m southeast of Wellington Farm)		 A bowl barrow approximately 18 metres (59 ft) in diameter. 1011533   [36]
Brent Knoll hillfort and associated field system Brent Knoll Hill fort Iron Age ST 34124 51021
51°15′15″N 2°56′44″W / 51.2542°N 2.9456°W / 51.2542; -2.9456 (Brent Knoll hillfort and associated field system)		 Brent Knoll Camp is at the summit of a 137-metre (449 ft) high hill which dominates the low surrounding landscape of the Somerset Levels. Brent Knoll has seen human settlement since at least the Bronze Age, becoming an Iron Age Fort about 2,000 B.C., which covers an area of 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres). It is defended by a single wall around 10 metres (33 ft) high and by a single ditch. The Romans used its summit as a fortification. The fort has been claimed as the site of Mons Badonicus. 1008248
 
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Brick and tile kiln west of East Quay, 200 m east of Bridgwater Dock lock Bridgwater Kiln 19th century ST 29997 37635
51°07′43″N 2°59′38″W / 51.1285°N 2.9938°W / 51.1285; -2.9938 (Brick and tile kiln west of East Quay, 200 m east of Bridgwater Dock lock)		 The Somerset Brick and Tile Museum incorporates the last surviving 'pinnacle kiln' in Bridgwater, which dates from the 19th century. It is 21 metres (69 ft) high and the circular base is 4 metres (13 ft) in diameter. 1019900
 
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Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600 m north east of Northbrook Farm Shapwick Timber trackway Bronze Age and Iron Age ST 43666 39241
51°08′59″N 2°48′24″W / 51.1496°N 2.8068°W / 51.1496; -2.8068 (Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600 m north east of Northbrook Farm)		 The site of Bronze and Iron Age trackways in the peaty soil of the Somerset Levels close to the base of the Polden Hills. 1014444   [42]


Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways, 700 m north west of Coppice Gate Farm Shapwick Timber trackway Bronze Age and Iron Age ST 42679 39790
51°09′16″N 2°49′16″W / 51.1545°N 2.8210°W / 51.1545; -2.8210 (Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways, 700 m north west of Coppice Gate Farm)		 The site of Bronze and Iron Age trackways in the peaty soil of the Shapwick Heath area of the Somerset Levels. 1014431   [43]
Cairn 500 m north west of Quantock Farm Over Stowey Cairn Bronze Age ST 15423 37164
51°07′39″N 3°12′36″W / 51.1275°N 3.21°W / 51.1275; -3.21 (Cairn 500 m north west of Quantock Farm)		 A cairn mound which is approximately 12.5 metres (41 ft) in diameter surrounded by a bank and ditch. 1019801   [44]
Chandos Glass Cone, at the junction of Northgate and Valetta Place Bridgwater Kiln 1725 ST 29852 37396
51°07′53″N 3°00′14″W / 51.1315°N 3.0039°W / 51.1315; -3.0039 (Chandos Glass Cone, at the junction of Northgate and Valetta Place)		 The remains of a kiln built in 1725 as part of a glassworks. The kiln was originally 33 metres (108 ft) high. The remaining brickwork is between 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) and 0.6 metres (2 ft 0 in) high and up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) thick. 1019899
 
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[Chapel|Chapel E of Adscombe Farm] Over Stowey Chapel 13th century ST 18414 37782
51°08′01″N 3°10′03″W / 51.1335°N 3.1674°W / 51.1335; -3.1674 (Chapel E of Adscombe Farm)		 The remains of walls of a 13th-century chapel which as 13 metres (42 ft) long and 6.1 metres (20 ft) wide. 1006133   [46][47]
Churchyard cross in St George's churchyard Wembdon Cross 15th century ST 28938 37942
51°08′11″N 3°01′02″W / 51.1363°N 3.0171°W / 51.1363; -3.0171 (Churchyard cross in St George's churchyard)		 A 15th-century churchyard cross on an octagonal base. The shaft is approximately 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) high; however the head of the cross is missing. 1015454   [48]
Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin's churchyard North Petherton Cross 15th century ST 29027 33052
51°05′33″N 3°00′53″W / 51.0924°N 3.0148°W / 51.0924; -3.0148 (Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin's churchyard)		 A restored churchyard cross. The octagonal base is original; however the shaft was removed as unsafe and replaced in 1962. 1015455   [49]
Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard Broomfield Cross 13th century ST 22431 32009
51°04′56″N 3°06′32″W / 51.0821°N 3.1088°W / 51.0821; -3.1088 (Churchyard cross in All Saints' churchyard)		 A 13th-century churchyard cross. The shaft is 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) high; however the head of the cross is missing. 1015456
 
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Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard Enmore Cross 15th century ST 23987 35193
51°06′39″N 3°05′14″W / 51.1109°N 3.0872°W / 51.1109; -3.0872 (Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard)		 A 15th-century churchyard cross. The shaft is 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high; however, the head of the cross is missing. 1015457
 
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Churchyard cross in St Margaret's churchyard Spaxton Cross 14th century ST 22531 37018
51°07′38″N 3°06′30″W / 51.1272°N 3.1084°W / 51.1272; -3.1084 (Churchyard cross in St Margaret's churchyard)		 A 14th-century churchyard cross. The shaft is 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) high, with a round moulding and square cross head. 1015458
 
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Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard Nether Stowey Cross 14th century ST 19678 39614
51°09′00″N 3°08′59″W / 51.1501°N 3.1497°W / 51.1501; -3.1497 (Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard)		 A 14th-century churchyard cross. The broken shaft is 0.2 metres (7.9 in) high. 1015452   [53]
Churchyard cross 5.6 m south east of the porch of St Martin's Church Fiddington Cross 14th century ST 21578 40581
51°09′32″N 3°07′22″W / 51.1590°N 3.1228°W / 51.1590; -3.1228 (Churchyard cross 5.6 m south east of the porch of St Martin's Church)		 A 14th-century churchyard cross. The shaft is 1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) high; however, the head is missing. 1015453
 
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Cynwit Castle Cannington Hill fort Bronze Age and Iron Age ST 24682 40489
51°09′33″N 3°04′51″W / 51.1592°N 3.0808°W / 51.1592; -3.0808 (Cynwit Castle)		 A Bronze Age and Iron Age hill fort. The small hill rises to 80 metres (260 ft) above low lying land about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of the tidal estuary of the River Parrett, near the ancient port and ford at Combwich. The hill fort is roughly square in shape, with a single rampart (univallate) enclosing 5 hectares (12 acres), and the main entrance to the south-east. The north side of the hill has been destroyed by quarrying during the 19th and 20th centuries. Minor excavations were carried out in 1905, 1913 (Bezell), and 1963 (Rahtz). Flint tools, scrapers and flakes have been found on or near the hill, indicating Mesolithic occupation. Bronze Age finds include an axe head and a knife. The area destroyed by quarrying was a late Roman and Saxon cemetery, with several hundred E-W (Christian) graves, and various grave goods such as coins and pottery from the period 350-800 AD. 1006225
 
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Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill Over Stowey Earthworks Bronze Age ST 16040 38477
51°08′22″N 3°12′05″W / 51.1394°N 3.2015°W / 51.1394; -3.2015 (Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill)		 The remains of a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) long cross dyke over the Quantock Hills. The bank is 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high and has a ditch on its western side. The name Dead Woman's Ditch was thought to relate to a woman murdered in 1789, although it is now known to have earlier usage. 1008254
 
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Duck decoy, west of Nyland Hill Cheddar Duck decoy 17th century ST 45260 50294
51°14′57″N 2°47′09″W / 51.2492°N 2.7857°W / 51.2492; -2.7857 (Duck decoy, west of Nyland Hill)		 A six pipe duck decoy on a low lying area in the valley of the River Axe. It was constructed before 1668 but redug in 1762 and fell out of use after 1813. 1014452   [58]
Duck decoy, 770 m SSE of Gold Corner Bridge Cossington Duck decoy 18th or 19th century ST 37036 42486
51°10′41″N 2°54′08″W / 51.1781°N 2.9021°W / 51.1781; -2.9021 (Duck decoy, 770 m SSE of Gold Corner Bridge)		 A four pipe duck decoy with two small islands in the pool. 1014858   [59][60]
Duck decoy 175 m south west of Parson's Farm Cheddar Duck decoy 17th century ST 43481 52403
51°16′05″N 2°48′41″W / 51.2680°N 2.8115°W / 51.2680; -2.8115 (Duck decoy 175 m south west of Parson's Farm)		 A three pipe duck decoy with an infilled pool which is 60 metres (200 ft) by 55 metres (180 ft). It was built before 1673 and fell out of use by 1788. 1014445   [61]
Gorsey Bigbury earth circle and round barrow near Longwood Cheddar Henge Neolithic ST 48427 55846
51°17′58″N 2°44′28″W / 51.2994°N 2.7411°W / 51.2994; -2.7411 (Gorsey Bigbury earth circle and round barrow near Longwood)		 Gorsey Bigbury is an earth henge about 22 metres (72 ft) in diameter. The nearby Longwood Barrow may be a long barrow or a misshapen round barrow. 1006221   [62][63]
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Gough's Cave, Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46714 53917
51°16′53″N 2°45′51″W / 51.2814°N 2.7642°W / 51.2814; -2.7642 (Gough's Cave, Cheddar Gorge)		 Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills. The cave is 90 metres (295 ft) deep and is 2.135 kilometres (1.33 mi) long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. It contains the Cheddar Yeo, the largest underground river system in Britain. The cave contained skeletal remains of both humans and animals, all showing cut-marks and breakage consistent with de-fleshing and eating. In 1903 the remains of a human male, since named Cheddar Man, were found a short distance inside Gough's Cave. He is Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton, having been dated to approximately 7150 B.C. A Skull cup dating from 14,700 B.C. has been uncovered at the site. The first 820 metres (2,690 ft) of the cave are open to the public as a show cave, and this stretch contains most of the more spectacular formations. The greater part of the cave's length is made up of the river passage, which is accessible only by cave diving. 1011925
 
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Gough's Old Cave Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46688 53886
51°16′54″N 2°45′57″W / 51.2816°N 2.7658°W / 51.2816; -2.7658 (Gough's Old Cave)		 A series of caves in Cheddar Gorge from which Iron Age and Romano-British artefacts have been found overlying cut marked horse bone dating from approximately 12,500 years ago. 1012064   [68]
Great Oone's Hole Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46796 53936
51°16′56″N 2°45′51″W / 51.2821°N 2.7642°W / 51.2821; -2.7642 (Great Oone's Hole)		 A cave in Cheddar Gorge from which flint artefacts from the Late Upper Palaeolithic have been recovered. 1010906   [69]
Group of three bowl barrows 180 m south of Tyning's Farm: part of the Tyning's Farm round barrow cemetery Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46995 56339
51°18′13″N 2°45′42″W / 51.3036°N 2.7617°W / 51.3036; -2.7617 (Group of three bowl barrows 180 m south of Tyning's Farm: part of the Tyning's Farm round barrow cemetery)		 A round barrow cemetery consisting of three barrows from which bones and a ceramic urn have been recovered. 1012594   [70]


Horsey medieval settlement immediately north of Board's Farm Horsey Earthworks Middle Ages ST 31929 39272
51°08′55″N 2°58′29″W / 51.1486°N 2.9746°W / 51.1486; -2.9746 (Horsey medieval settlement immediately north of Board's Farm)		 Earthworks from a medieval settlement and surrounding fields. The platforms of several buildings survive at, or just below, ground level. 1020438   [71]


Longbottom Farm earthwork Shipham Earthworks Unknown ST 45748 56837
51°18′29″N 2°46′47″W / 51.3081°N 2.7797°W / 51.3081; -2.7797 (Longbottom Farm earthwork)		 An enclosure surrounded by a bank and ditch. 1003028   [72]
Manor house at Mudgley Wedmore Earthworks Middle Ages ST 44310 45626
51°12′26″N 2°47′55″W / 51.2071°N 2.7986°W / 51.2071; -2.7986 (Manor house at Mudgley)		 Earthworks from several houses and associated fields. 1006136   [73][74]
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Market cross at the junction of Bath Street, Union Street and Church Street Cheddar Market cross 15th century ST4592153202
51°16′31″N 2°46′36″W / 51.275385°N 2.776655°W / 51.275385; -2.776655 (Market cross at the junction of Bath Street, Union Street and Church Street)		 The first part of the market cross was built in the 15th and included a central octagonal pillar. In the 16th or 17th century it was enclosed with a hexagonal arch structure. The cross head was added in 1877. 1019033
 
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Medieval estate boundary earthwork on Shute Shelve Hill Axbridge Earthworks Middle Ages ST 42768 56077
51°18′03″N 2°49′20″W / 51.3009°N 2.8223°W / 51.3009; -2.8223 (Medieval estate boundary earthwork on Shute Shelve Hill)		 Earthworks from a bank and ditch which may have marked the boundary of the Compton Bishop estate according to a 1067 charter. In the 13th century it was associated with the boundary of the Royal Forest of Mendip. 1015495   [77]
Medieval settlement 160 m south and 240 m south west of Sandford Farm Cannington Earthworks Middle Ages ST 26957 37771
51°08′04″N 3°02′43″W / 51.1345°N 3.0453°W / 51.1345; -3.0453 (Medieval settlement 160 m south and 240 m south west of Sandford Farm)		 Earthworks from a medieval village which had a population of 40 to 45 people. 1020016   [78]


Moated site at Edithmead Edithmead Motte-and-bailey castle Middle Ages ST 32916 49302
51°14′20″N 2°57′44″W / 51.239°N 2.9623°W / 51.239; -2.9623 (Moated site at Edithmead)		 Earthworks from a site occupied in the Middle Ages. Pottery from the 14th century has been found at the site. 1006134   [79][80]
Motte with two baileys immediately east of Bristol Road, Down End Puriton Motte-and-bailey castle c. 1100 ST 30896 41366
51°10′03″N 2°59′32″W / 51.1674°N 2.9921°W / 51.1674; -2.9921 (Motte with two baileys immediately east of Bristol Road, Down End)		 The remains of Down End Castle consist of earthworks from a Motte-and-bailey castle. 1019291
 
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Multi-period site on Brean Down Bridgwater Bay Earthworks, Fort Neolithic, Bronze Age,
Iron Age, Romano-British,
Middle Ages, Victorian era,
World War II		 ST 28790 58958
51°19′32″N 3°01′44″W / 51.3256°N 3.0290°W / 51.3256; -3.0290 (Multi-period site on Brean Down)		 Brean Down is a promontory off the coast, standing 97 metres (318 ft) high and extending 2 kilometres (1.5 mi) into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. Made of Carboniferous Limestone, it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills. Two further continuations are the small islands of Steep Holm and Flat Holm. The cliffs on the northern and southern flanks of Brean Down have large quantities of fossils laid down in the marine deposits about 320–350 million years ago. The site has been occupied by humans since the late Bronze Age and includes the remains of a Romano-Celtic Temple. At the seaward end is Brean Down Fort which was built in 1865 and then re-armed in the Second World War. Brean Down is now owned by the National Trust, and is rich in wildlife, history and archaeology. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to both the geology and presence of nationally rare plants including the white rock-rose. It has also been scheduled as an ancient monument.[85] 1008211
 
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Picken's Hole Compton Bishop Cave Palaeolithic ST 39680 55004
51°17′28″N 2°51′59″W / 51.2910°N 2.8664°W / 51.2910; -2.8664 (Picken's Hole)		 A small cave from which a large number of Middle Palaeolithic artefacts, and two Neanderthal teeth dated to about 55,000 years BP, have been recovered. 1010715   [89][90]
Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort Aisholt Hill fort Iron Age ST181363
51°07′11″N 3°10′12″W / 51.1197°N 3.17°W / 51.1197; -3.17 (Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort)		 Plainsfield Camp (or Park Plantation or Cockercombe Castle) is a possible Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills, but may have been an animal enclosure. 1007669
 
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Platform cairn, 180 m east of Wilmot's Pool Over Stowey Cairn Bronze Age ST1548538136
51°08′10″N 3°12′33″W / 51.1362°N 3.2093°W / 51.1362; -3.2093 (Platform cairn, 180 m east of Wilmot's Pool)		 A platform cairn on the Quantock Hills. 1417363   [92]
Prehistoric timber trackways, 670 m SSE of Parchey Bridge Stawell Timber trackway Neolithic to Iron Age ST 35497 37162
51°07′48″N 2°55′24″W / 51.1300°N 2.9232°W / 51.1300; -2.9232 (Prehistoric timber trackways, 670 m SSE of Parchey Bridge)		 The remains of several prehistoric trackways in the peaty soil of the Somerset Levels. 1014430   [93]
Roman briquetage mounds on Burtle Moor Burtle Briquetage mounds Romano-British ST 39461 44433
51°11′45″N 2°52′04″W / 51.1959°N 2.8678°W / 51.1959; -2.8678 (Roman briquetage mounds on Burtle Moor)		 The remains of salt mounds used in Roman times. The largest is approximately 10.5 metres (34 ft) in diameter. 1006148   [94][95]
Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel Cheddar Ruined palace Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon and Norman ST456531
51°16′29″N 2°46′44″W / 51.2747°N 2.7789°W / 51.2747; -2.7789 (Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel)		 Cheddar Palace was established in the 9th century. It was a royal hunting lodge in the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods and hosted the Witenagemot in the 10th century. Nearby are the ruins of the 14th-century St Columbanus Chapel. Roman artifacts and a burial have also been discovered. The site of the palace is now marked by concrete slabs within the grounds of The Kings of Wessex Academy. 1017290
 
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Romano-British settlement on Stoke Moor Cheddar Earthworks Romano-British ST 45999 48984
51°14′15″N 2°46′30″W / 51.2375°N 2.7749°W / 51.2375; -2.7749 (Romano-British settlement on Stoke Moor)		 Earthworks including roadways and courtyards from a Roman settlement covering 18.5 hectares (46 acres). Artefacts from the site have included coins and pottery. 1011125   [98]
Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm Shipham Round barrow Bronze Age ST 45319 57012
51°18′35″N 2°47′09″W / 51.3096°N 2.7858°W / 51.3096; -2.7858 (Round barrows 600yds (550m) NW of Longbottom Farm)		 A pair of probable round barrows 1006223   [99][100]
Rowberrow Cavern, Mendip Forest Rowberrow Cave Palaeolithic ST 45954 58022
51°19′07″N 2°46′37″W / 51.3187°N 2.7769°W / 51.3187; -2.7769 (Rowberrow Cavern, Mendip Forest)		 The cave includes a Palaeolithic hearth floor. Iron Age and Roman remains have also been uncovered. 1011926   [101]
Rowberrow Camp: an Iron Age defended settlement north west of Tynings Farm Rowberrow Earthworks Iron Age ST 46442 56836
51°18′29″N 2°46′11″W / 51.3081°N 2.7697°W / 51.3081; -2.7697 (Rowberrow Camp: an Iron Age defended settlement north west of Tynings Farm)		 Rowberrow Camp was an Iron Age defended settlement covering 0.36 hectares (0.89 acres) and surrounded by a bank and ditch. 1008806   [102]
Ruborough Camp large univallate hillfort Broomfield Hill fort Iron Age ST226336
51°05′46″N 3°06′18″W / 51.0961°N 3.105°W / 51.0961; -3.105 (Ruborough Camp large univallate hillfort)		 The Ruborough Camp hill fort is on an easterly spur from the main Quantock ridge, with steep natural slopes to the north and south-east. The fort is triangular in shape, with a single rampart and ditch (univallate), enclosing 1.8 hectares (4.4 acres). There is a linear outer work about 120 m away, parallel to the westerly rampart, enclosing another 1.8 ha. There was a tunnel, which has now been filed in, which gave the camp safe access to a nearby spring for water. The site is on the Heritage at Risk Register. 1007670
 
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Saye's Hole, Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Iron Age ST 46637 53897
51°16′54″N 2°45′59″W / 51.2817°N 2.7665°W / 51.2817; -2.7665 (Saye's Hole, Cheddar Gorge)		 A small cave occupied during the Iron Age. Excavation has found pottery and other artefacts from that period. 1011916   [105]
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650 m east of Canada Farm Shapwick Timber trackway 3807 or 3806 B.C. ST 42355 40466
51°09′38″N 2°49′33″W / 51.1605°N 2.8257°W / 51.1605; -2.8257 (Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650 m east of Canada Farm)		 A section of the Sweet Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels. Construction was of crossed wooden poles, driven into the waterlogged soil to support a walkway that consisted mainly of planks of oak, laid end-to-end. The track was only used for a period of around 10 years and was then abandoned, probably due to rising water levels. The specific date of construction is a result of Dendrochronology of the timbers recovered. Following its discovery in 1970, most of the track has been left in its original location, with active conservation measures taken, including a water pumping and distribution system to maintain the wood in its damp condition. 1014439   [106]
Soldier's Hole, Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Late Upper Palaeolithic ST 46862 54008
51°16′58″N 2°45′48″W / 51.2827°N 2.7632°W / 51.2827; -2.7632 (Soldier's Hole, Cheddar Gorge)		 Artefacts from the cave demonstrate occupation during the Late Upper Palaeolithic. The faunal remains have been Radiocarbon dated to 35,000 years ago to c.10,000 years ago. 1011914   [107]


Sections of the Sweet Track, the Post Track and associated remains 500 m north east of Moorgate Farm Shapwick Timber trackway 3807 or 3806 B.C. ST420401
51°09′25″N 2°49′44″W / 51.1570°N 2.8288°W / 51.1570; -2.8288 (Sections of the Sweet Track, the Post Track and associated remains 500 m north east of Moorgate Farm)		 A section of the Sweet Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels. Construction was of crossed wooden poles, driven into the waterlogged soil to support a walkway that consisted mainly of planks of oak, laid end-to-end. The track was only used for a period of around 10 years and was then abandoned, probably due to rising water levels. Following its discovery in 1970, most of the track has been left in its original location, with active conservation measures taken, including a water pumping and distribution system to maintain the wood in its damp condition. 1014438
 
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Settlement SE of Cannington Park Cannington Earthworks Possibly Iron Age, Romano-British or later ST 24570 40268
51°09′24″N 3°04′48″W / 51.1567°N 3.0799°W / 51.1567; -3.0799 (Settlement SE of Cannington Park)		 Earthworks of uncertain date which may show the site of a settlement or field system. 1002958   [109]
Star Roman villa, 275 m north east of Wimblestone Shipham Roman villa Romano-British ST 43534 58685
51°19′28″N 2°48′42″W / 51.3244°N 2.8117°W / 51.3244; -2.8117 (Star Roman villa, 275 m north east of Wimblestone)		 Earthworks from a small Roman villa and associated buildings arranged around a courtyard, which were built on a previously occupied site. 1015499   [110]
Stowey Castle, the site of St Michael's Chapel and a medieval kiln site Nether Stowey Motte-and-bailey 11th century ST186396
51°08′58″N 3°09′47″W / 51.1494°N 3.1630°W / 51.1494; -3.1630 (Stowey Castle, the site of St Michael's Chapel and a medieval kiln site)		 Stowey Castle (or Nether Stowey Castle known locally as The Mount) was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, built in the 11th century, in the village of Nether Stowey on the Quantock Hills. 1019421
 
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Sun Hole, Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46737 54080
51°17′00″N 2°45′54″W / 51.2833°N 2.7651°W / 51.2833; -2.7651 (Sun Hole, Cheddar Gorge)		 Artefacts from the cave demonstrate occupation during the Palaeolithic. 1011915   [113]
Telescopic rail bridge over the River Parrett, 270 m south east of Bridgwater Dock lock Bridgwater Bridge 1871 ST 30020 37423
51°07′54″N 3°00′05″W / 51.1318°N 3.0015°W / 51.1318; -3.0015 (Telescopic rail bridge over the River Parrett, 270 m south east of Bridgwater Dock lock)		 The retractable bridge was built in 1871 for the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It carried a railway siding over the river at the coal yard and docks in the Port of Bridgwater, but had to be movable, to allow boats to proceed upriver to the Town Bridge. The bridge was temporarily immobilised during World War II and last opened in 1953, and the traverser section was demolished in 1974. 1020624
 
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The Chapel, Shearston North Petherton Possible chapel Middle Ages or post-medieval ST 28179 30581
51°04′12″N 3°01′35″W / 51.0700°N 3.0264°W / 51.0700; -3.0264 (The Chapel, Shearston)		 The possible site of chapel which may also have been a homestead surrounded by a moat. 1006166   [116]
Timber trackways at Moor Drove, 800 m east of Brentsfield Bridge Chedzoy Timber trackway Neolithic ST 34840 36180
51°07′16″N 2°55′57″W / 51.1212°N 2.9324°W / 51.1212; -2.9324 (Timber trackways at Moor Drove, 800 m east of Brentsfield Bridge)		 Two pieces of a timber trackway which were identified when water levels fell, as the site is waterlogged or under water normally. 1014872   [117]
Timber trackways 850 m east of Catcott Burtle Farm Burtle Timber trackway Neolithic ST 41142 43152
51°11′05″N 2°50′37″W / 51.1846°N 2.8435°W / 51.1846; -2.8435 (Timber trackways 850 m east of Catcott Burtle Farm)		 Sections of several timber trackways including the Honeygore, Honeycat and Honeybee Tracks which were constructed between 3650 and 2870 B.C. 1014433   [118]


Twin round barrows 750 yd (696 m) N of Bowpit Farm Cheddar Round barrows Bronze Age ST 45822 55799
51°17′55″N 2°46′43″W / 51.2987°N 2.7785°W / 51.2987; -2.7785 (Twin round barrows 750 yd (696 m) N of Bowpit Farm)		 Possibly two round barrows or one bowl barrow on an oval mound. 1006222   [119]
Village cross Wedmore Cross 14th century ST 43656 47849
51°13′37″N 2°48′30″W / 51.2270°N 2.8083°W / 51.2270; -2.8083 (Village cross)		 A stone cross on a five step base which supports a 2.2-metre (7 ft 3 in) high shaft with a lantern head. 1015450   [120]
Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross Wedmore Wayside Cross 15th century ST4247849658
51°14′35″N 2°49′32″W / 51.243183°N 2.825437°W / 51.243183; -2.825437 (Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross)		 The cross is 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) high and stands on a three-step base. It was moved approximately 15 metres (49 ft) from its original 15th-century position. 1015451
 
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Wimblestone standing stone Shipham Standing stone Unknown ST 43345 58475
51°19′21″N 2°48′52″W / 51.3225°N 2.8144°W / 51.3225; -2.8144 (Wimblestone standing stone)		 A 1.5-metre (5 ft) high stone slab. 1006137
 
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Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor, 300 m west of Station Farm Burtle Timber trackway Neolithic ST 38800 42639
51°10′47″N 2°52′37″W / 51.1797°N 2.8769°W / 51.1797; -2.8769 (Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor, 300 m west of Station Farm)		 The remains of several brushwood trackways dating from the Neolithic period. 1014437   [124]
World War II anti-aircraft rocket battery and bombing decoy control building 265 m north east of Ashridge Farm Black Down Earthworks World War II ST 46852 56110
51°18′06″N 2°45′49″W / 51.3016°N 2.7637°W / 51.3016; -2.7637 (World War II anti-aircraft rocket battery and bombing decoy control building 265 m north east of Ashridge Farm)		 The remains of a Z Battery, a short range anti-aircraft weapon system, which launched 3-inch (76 mm) diameter rockets from ground-based single and multiple launchers, for air defence. Most of the battery has been removed; however the control building survives. 1020994
 
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World War II bombing decoy complex, anti-aircraft obstructions and Beacon Batch round barrow cemetery on Black Down Black Down Earthworks World War II ST 47960 57110
51°18′39″N 2°44′53″W / 51.3107°N 2.7480°W / 51.3107; -2.7480 (World War II bombing decoy complex, anti-aircraft obstructions and Beacon Batch round barrow cemetery on Black Down)		 The remains of bombing decoys and anti-aircraft obstructions in the form of earth and stone mounds. They are in the same area as prehistoric round barrows. 1020995   [126]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The date given is the date used by Historic England as significant for the initial building or that of an important part in the structure's description.
  2. ^ Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.
  3. ^ The "List Entry Number" is a unique number assigned to each listed building and scheduled monument by Historic England.

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April 11, 2023
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Sedgemoor is a low lying area of land in Somerset England It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills forming a large part of the Somerset Levels and Moors a wetland area between the Mendips and the Blackdown Hills 1 The Neolithic people exploited the reed swamps for their natural resources and started to construct wooden trackways including the world s oldest known timber trackway the Post Track dating to the 3800s BC 2 The Levels were the location of the Iron Age Glastonbury Lake Village as well as two lake villages at Meare Lake 3 4 Several settlements and hill forts were built on the natural islands of slightly raised land including Brent Knoll and Glastonbury 5 6 In the Roman period sea salt was extracted and a string of settlements were set up along the Polden Hills 7 Sedgemoor shown within Somerset and England A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list or schedule by the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites The legislation governing this is the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 The term monument can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites and they are not always visible above ground Such sites have to have been deliberately constructed by human activity They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars or the Cold War 8 There are 79 scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor The oldest are Neolithic Bronze Age or Iron Age including hill forts bowl barrows and occupied caves including several in Cheddar Gorge Cannington Camp which is also known as Cynwit Castle dates from the Bronze Age 9 while Brent Knoll Camp between the Somerset Levels and Brean Down is Iron Age although there are some Bronze Age artefacts and it was reused in the Roman period 10 11 The Romano British period is represented with several sites Medieval sites include several motte and bailey castles and church or village crosses Industrial development particularly in Bridgwater are represented by brick and tile kilns and a telescopic railway bridge 12 13 The most recent monuments are World War II bunkers and bombing decoys on Black Down The monuments are listed below using the titles given in the English Heritage data sheets Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KMLContents 1 Monuments 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesMonuments EditName Location Type Completed note 1 Grid ref note 2 Geo coordinatesNotes Entry number note 3 ImageRef Alstone lake settlement site West Huntspill Earthworks Iron Age ST 31297 46794 51 12 58 N 2 59 06 W 51 2162 N 2 9850 W 51 2162 2 9850 Alstone lake settlement site The site was used in the Iron Age and again during the Romano British and Medieval periods It was at the edge of an inland lake which is now dry land 1012311 14 Anglo Saxon occupation site and site of Athelney Abbey on Athelney Hill Lyng Earthworks 9th century ST 34330 29271 51 03 33 N 2 56 04 W 51 0593 N 2 93458 W 51 0593 2 93458 Anglo Saxon occupation site and site of Athelney Abbey on Athelney Hill Athelney Abbey was founded by King Alfred in 888 after he stayed there before the Battle of Edington as a religious house for monks of the Order of St Benedict Originally Athelney was a small island in swampland Following the dissolution it was acquired for use as a private residence by Lord Audley who had the church demolished With the church demolished and other buildings fallen into disrepair nothing visible remains at the site today The site of the Abbey is marked by King Alfred s Monument which is a Grade II listed building 1019099 15 16 17 18 19 Anglo Saxon burh at East Lyng Lyng Earthworks 9th century ST 33312 29034 51 03 24 N 2 57 10 W 51 0568 N 2 9529 W 51 0568 2 9529 Anglo Saxon burh at East Lyng Earthworks remain of a burh which was important during the reign of Alfred the Great It was surrounded by defensive banks and connected to Athelney Abbey by a causeway across marshland of the Somerset Levels 1019100 20 Balt Moor Wall Lyng Earthworks Middle Ages ST 33826 29095 51 03 27 N 2 56 44 W 51 0574 N 2 9456 W 51 0574 2 9456 Balt Moor Wall Balt Moor Wall is an earthwork situated on the Somerset Levels to the northwest of the River Tone The site contains the remains of a section of medieval causeway which now forms a raised embankment between 6 metres 20 ft and 10 metres 33 ft wide and up to 2 metres 6 ft 7 in high The structure which English Heritage refers to as a rare example of medieval engineering appears to have been built to protect the Salt Moor from the flooding of the River Tone in the Athelney Lyng gap 1018952 21 22 23 24 Barrow at Wilmot s Pool and a cairn 45 m to the north Over Stowey Bowl barrow and cairn Bronze Age ST1530838148 51 08 11 N 3 12 43 W 51 1363 N 3 2119 W 51 1363 3 2119 Barrow at Wilmot s Pool and a cairn 45 m to the north The bowl barrow next to Wilmot s pool is 22 metres 72 ft in diameter The cairn which is 45 millimetres 1 8 in from the barrow is approximately 4 5 metres 15 ft in diameter and 0 6 metres 2 ft 0 in high 1417361 25 Blackford Manor House Moat Blackford Earthworks 14th century ST 41022 47891 51 13 38 N 2 50 46 W 51 2271 N 2 8460 W 51 2271 2 8460 Blackford Manor House Moat Earthworks from a complex of buildings including a hall and chapel surrounded by a moat The site is believed to have been a bishops palace demolished by John Harewell the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 1380s 1006135 26 Bowl barrow 75 m south west of Long House Barn Cheddar Bowl barrow Neolithic to Bronze Age ST 47777 56015 51 18 03 N 2 45 02 W 51 3009 N 2 7505 W 51 3009 2 7505 Bowl barrow 75 m south west of Long House Barn A bowl barrow approximately 12 metres 39 ft in diameter 1014712 27 Bowl barrow 91 m south of Piney Sleight Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 47589 55263 51 17 39 N 2 45 11 W 51 2941 N 2 7530 W 51 2941 2 7530 Bowl barrow 91 m south of Piney Sleight Farm A bowl barrow approximately 9 metres 30 ft in diameter 1010922 28 Bowl barrow 190 m south west of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46849 56376 51 18 14 N 2 45 50 W 51 3040 N 2 7638 W 51 3040 2 7638 Bowl barrow 190 m south west of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery A bowl barrow approximately 14 metres 46 ft in diameter 1012593 29 Bowl barrow 250 m south east of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 47085 56283 51 18 12 N 2 45 37 W 51 3032 N 2 7604 W 51 3032 2 7604 Bowl barrow 250 m south east of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery A bowl barrow approximately 15 metres 49 ft in diameter 1015815 30 Bowl barrow 250 m south west of Ashridge Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46472 55781 51 17 55 N 2 46 09 W 51 2986 N 2 7691 W 51 2986 2 7691 Bowl barrow 250 m south west of Ashridge Farm A bowl barrow approximately 20 metres 66 ft in diameter 1012592 31 Bowl barrow 300 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46612 55154 51 17 35 N 2 46 01 W 51 2930 N 2 7670 W 51 2930 2 7670 Bowl barrow 300 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry A bowl barrow approximately 14 metres 46 ft in diameter 1010800 32 Bowl barrow 300 m north east of Tyning s Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 47248 56680 51 18 24 N 2 45 29 W 51 3068 N 2 7581 W 51 3068 2 7581 Bowl barrow 300 m north east of Tyning s Farm A bowl barrow approximately 18 metres 59 ft in diameter 1011584 33 Bowl barrow 330 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46539 55021 51 17 30 N 2 46 05 W 51 2918 N 2 7681 W 51 2918 2 7681 Bowl barrow 330 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry A bowl barrow approximately 15 metres 49 ft in diameter 1010753 34 Bowl barrow 350 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46585 55059 51 17 32 N 2 46 03 W 51 2921 N 2 7674 W 51 2921 2 7674 Bowl barrow 350 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry A bowl barrow approximately 18 metres 59 ft in diameter 1010921 35 Bowl barrow 400 m southeast of Wellington Farm Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 49457 53390 51 16 39 N 2 43 34 W 51 2774 N 2 7260 W 51 2774 2 7260 Bowl barrow 400 m southeast of Wellington Farm A bowl barrow approximately 18 metres 59 ft in diameter 1011533 36 Brent Knoll hillfort and associated field system Brent Knoll Hill fort Iron Age ST 34124 51021 51 15 15 N 2 56 44 W 51 2542 N 2 9456 W 51 2542 2 9456 Brent Knoll hillfort and associated field system Brent Knoll Camp is at the summit of a 137 metre 449 ft high hill which dominates the low surrounding landscape of the Somerset Levels Brent Knoll has seen human settlement since at least the Bronze Age becoming an Iron Age Fort about 2 000 B C which covers an area of 1 6 hectares 4 0 acres It is defended by a single wall around 10 metres 33 ft high and by a single ditch The Romans used its summit as a fortification The fort has been claimed as the site of Mons Badonicus 1008248 37 38 Brick and tile kiln west of East Quay 200 m east of Bridgwater Dock lock Bridgwater Kiln 19th century ST 29997 37635 51 07 43 N 2 59 38 W 51 1285 N 2 9938 W 51 1285 2 9938 Brick and tile kiln west of East Quay 200 m east of Bridgwater Dock lock The Somerset Brick and Tile Museum incorporates the last surviving pinnacle kiln in Bridgwater which dates from the 19th century It is 21 metres 69 ft high and the circular base is 4 metres 13 ft in diameter 1019900 39 40 41 Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600 m north east of Northbrook Farm Shapwick Timber trackway Bronze Age and Iron Age ST 43666 39241 51 08 59 N 2 48 24 W 51 1496 N 2 8068 W 51 1496 2 8068 Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600 m north east of Northbrook Farm The site of Bronze and Iron Age trackways in the peaty soil of the Somerset Levels close to the base of the Polden Hills 1014444 42 Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways 700 m north west of Coppice Gate Farm Shapwick Timber trackway Bronze Age and Iron Age ST 42679 39790 51 09 16 N 2 49 16 W 51 1545 N 2 8210 W 51 1545 2 8210 Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways 700 m north west of Coppice Gate Farm The site of Bronze and Iron Age trackways in the peaty soil of the Shapwick Heath area of the Somerset Levels 1014431 43 Cairn 500 m north west of Quantock Farm Over Stowey Cairn Bronze Age ST 15423 37164 51 07 39 N 3 12 36 W 51 1275 N 3 21 W 51 1275 3 21 Cairn 500 m north west of Quantock Farm A cairn mound which is approximately 12 5 metres 41 ft in diameter surrounded by a bank and ditch 1019801 44 Chandos Glass Cone at the junction of Northgate and Valetta Place Bridgwater Kiln 1725 ST 29852 37396 51 07 53 N 3 00 14 W 51 1315 N 3 0039 W 51 1315 3 0039 Chandos Glass Cone at the junction of Northgate and Valetta Place The remains of a kiln built in 1725 as part of a glassworks The kiln was originally 33 metres 108 ft high The remaining brickwork is between 2 4 metres 7 ft 10 in and 0 6 metres 2 ft 0 in high and up to 1 2 metres 3 ft 11 in thick 1019899 More images 45 Chapel Chapel E of Adscombe Farm Over Stowey Chapel 13th century ST 18414 37782 51 08 01 N 3 10 03 W 51 1335 N 3 1674 W 51 1335 3 1674 Chapel E of Adscombe Farm The remains of walls of a 13th century chapel which as 13 metres 42 ft long and 6 1 metres 20 ft wide 1006133 46 47 Churchyard cross in St George s churchyard Wembdon Cross 15th century ST 28938 37942 51 08 11 N 3 01 02 W 51 1363 N 3 0171 W 51 1363 3 0171 Churchyard cross in St George s churchyard A 15th century churchyard cross on an octagonal base The shaft is approximately 1 9 metres 6 ft 3 in high however the head of the cross is missing 1015454 48 Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin s churchyard North Petherton Cross 15th century ST 29027 33052 51 05 33 N 3 00 53 W 51 0924 N 3 0148 W 51 0924 3 0148 Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin s churchyard A restored churchyard cross The octagonal base is original however the shaft was removed as unsafe and replaced in 1962 1015455 49 Churchyard cross in All Saints churchyard Broomfield Cross 13th century ST 22431 32009 51 04 56 N 3 06 32 W 51 0821 N 3 1088 W 51 0821 3 1088 Churchyard cross in All Saints churchyard A 13th century churchyard cross The shaft is 2 5 metres 8 ft 2 in high however the head of the cross is missing 1015456 50 Churchyard cross in St Michael s churchyard Enmore Cross 15th century ST 23987 35193 51 06 39 N 3 05 14 W 51 1109 N 3 0872 W 51 1109 3 0872 Churchyard cross in St Michael s churchyard A 15th century churchyard cross The shaft is 1 5 metres 4 ft 11 in high however the head of the cross is missing 1015457 51 Churchyard cross in St Margaret s churchyard Spaxton Cross 14th century ST 22531 37018 51 07 38 N 3 06 30 W 51 1272 N 3 1084 W 51 1272 3 1084 Churchyard cross in St Margaret s churchyard A 14th century churchyard cross The shaft is 2 5 metres 8 ft 2 in high with a round moulding and square cross head 1015458 52 Churchyard cross in St Mary s churchyard Nether Stowey Cross 14th century ST 19678 39614 51 09 00 N 3 08 59 W 51 1501 N 3 1497 W 51 1501 3 1497 Churchyard cross in St Mary s churchyard A 14th century churchyard cross The broken shaft is 0 2 metres 7 9 in high 1015452 53 Churchyard cross 5 6 m south east of the porch of St Martin s Church Fiddington Cross 14th century ST 21578 40581 51 09 32 N 3 07 22 W 51 1590 N 3 1228 W 51 1590 3 1228 Churchyard cross 5 6 m south east of the porch of St Martin s Church A 14th century churchyard cross The shaft is 1 7 metres 5 ft 7 in high however the head is missing 1015453 54 Cynwit Castle Cannington Hill fort Bronze Age and Iron Age ST 24682 40489 51 09 33 N 3 04 51 W 51 1592 N 3 0808 W 51 1592 3 0808 Cynwit Castle A Bronze Age and Iron Age hill fort The small hill rises to 80 metres 260 ft above low lying land about 1 5 kilometres 0 93 mi west of the tidal estuary of the River Parrett near the ancient port and ford at Combwich The hill fort is roughly square in shape with a single rampart univallate enclosing 5 hectares 12 acres and the main entrance to the south east The north side of the hill has been destroyed by quarrying during the 19th and 20th centuries Minor excavations were carried out in 1905 1913 Bezell and 1963 Rahtz Flint tools scrapers and flakes have been found on or near the hill indicating Mesolithic occupation Bronze Age finds include an axe head and a knife The area destroyed by quarrying was a late Roman and Saxon cemetery with several hundred E W Christian graves and various grave goods such as coins and pottery from the period 350 800 AD 1006225 55 56 Dead Woman s Ditch cross dyke Robin Upright s Hill Over Stowey Earthworks Bronze Age ST 16040 38477 51 08 22 N 3 12 05 W 51 1394 N 3 2015 W 51 1394 3 2015 Dead Woman s Ditch cross dyke Robin Upright s Hill The remains of a 1 kilometre 0 62 mi long cross dyke over the Quantock Hills The bank is 1 metre 3 ft 3 in high and has a ditch on its western side The name Dead Woman s Ditch was thought to relate to a woman murdered in 1789 although it is now known to have earlier usage 1008254 57 Duck decoy west of Nyland Hill Cheddar Duck decoy 17th century ST 45260 50294 51 14 57 N 2 47 09 W 51 2492 N 2 7857 W 51 2492 2 7857 Duck decoy west of Nyland Hill A six pipe duck decoy on a low lying area in the valley of the River Axe It was constructed before 1668 but redug in 1762 and fell out of use after 1813 1014452 58 Duck decoy 770 m SSE of Gold Corner Bridge Cossington Duck decoy 18th or 19th century ST 37036 42486 51 10 41 N 2 54 08 W 51 1781 N 2 9021 W 51 1781 2 9021 Duck decoy 770 m SSE of Gold Corner Bridge A four pipe duck decoy with two small islands in the pool 1014858 59 60 Duck decoy 175 m south west of Parson s Farm Cheddar Duck decoy 17th century ST 43481 52403 51 16 05 N 2 48 41 W 51 2680 N 2 8115 W 51 2680 2 8115 Duck decoy 175 m south west of Parson s Farm A three pipe duck decoy with an infilled pool which is 60 metres 200 ft by 55 metres 180 ft It was built before 1673 and fell out of use by 1788 1014445 61 Gorsey Bigbury earth circle and round barrow near Longwood Cheddar Henge Neolithic ST 48427 55846 51 17 58 N 2 44 28 W 51 2994 N 2 7411 W 51 2994 2 7411 Gorsey Bigbury earth circle and round barrow near Longwood Gorsey Bigbury is an earth henge about 22 metres 72 ft in diameter The nearby Longwood Barrow may be a long barrow or a misshapen round barrow 1006221 62 63 64 Gough s Cave Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46714 53917 51 16 53 N 2 45 51 W 51 2814 N 2 7642 W 51 2814 2 7642 Gough s Cave Cheddar Gorge Gough s Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills The cave is 90 metres 295 ft deep and is 2 135 kilometres 1 33 mi long and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations It contains the Cheddar Yeo the largest underground river system in Britain The cave contained skeletal remains of both humans and animals all showing cut marks and breakage consistent with de fleshing and eating In 1903 the remains of a human male since named Cheddar Man were found a short distance inside Gough s Cave He is Britain s oldest complete human skeleton having been dated to approximately 7150 B C A Skull cup dating from 14 700 B C has been uncovered at the site The first 820 metres 2 690 ft of the cave are open to the public as a show cave and this stretch contains most of the more spectacular formations The greater part of the cave s length is made up of the river passage which is accessible only by cave diving 1011925 65 66 67 Gough s Old Cave Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46688 53886 51 16 54 N 2 45 57 W 51 2816 N 2 7658 W 51 2816 2 7658 Gough s Old Cave A series of caves in Cheddar Gorge from which Iron Age and Romano British artefacts have been found overlying cut marked horse bone dating from approximately 12 500 years ago 1012064 68 Great Oone s Hole Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46796 53936 51 16 56 N 2 45 51 W 51 2821 N 2 7642 W 51 2821 2 7642 Great Oone s Hole A cave in Cheddar Gorge from which flint artefacts from the Late Upper Palaeolithic have been recovered 1010906 69 Group of three bowl barrows 180 m south of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery Cheddar Bowl barrow Bronze Age ST 46995 56339 51 18 13 N 2 45 42 W 51 3036 N 2 7617 W 51 3036 2 7617 Group of three bowl barrows 180 m south of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery A round barrow cemetery consisting of three barrows from which bones and a ceramic urn have been recovered 1012594 70 Horsey medieval settlement immediately north of Board s Farm Horsey Earthworks Middle Ages ST 31929 39272 51 08 55 N 2 58 29 W 51 1486 N 2 9746 W 51 1486 2 9746 Horsey medieval settlement immediately north of Board s Farm Earthworks from a medieval settlement and surrounding fields The platforms of several buildings survive at or just below ground level 1020438 71 Longbottom Farm earthwork Shipham Earthworks Unknown ST 45748 56837 51 18 29 N 2 46 47 W 51 3081 N 2 7797 W 51 3081 2 7797 Longbottom Farm earthwork An enclosure surrounded by a bank and ditch 1003028 72 Manor house at Mudgley Wedmore Earthworks Middle Ages ST 44310 45626 51 12 26 N 2 47 55 W 51 2071 N 2 7986 W 51 2071 2 7986 Manor house at Mudgley Earthworks from several houses and associated fields 1006136 73 74 75 Market cross at the junction of Bath Street Union Street and Church Street Cheddar Market cross 15th century ST4592153202 51 16 31 N 2 46 36 W 51 275385 N 2 776655 W 51 275385 2 776655 Market cross at the junction of Bath Street Union Street and Church Street The first part of the market cross was built in the 15th and included a central octagonal pillar In the 16th or 17th century it was enclosed with a hexagonal arch structure The cross head was added in 1877 1019033 More images 76 Medieval estate boundary earthwork on Shute Shelve Hill Axbridge Earthworks Middle Ages ST 42768 56077 51 18 03 N 2 49 20 W 51 3009 N 2 8223 W 51 3009 2 8223 Medieval estate boundary earthwork on Shute Shelve Hill Earthworks from a bank and ditch which may have marked the boundary of the Compton Bishop estate according to a 1067 charter In the 13th century it was associated with the boundary of the Royal Forest of Mendip 1015495 77 Medieval settlement 160 m south and 240 m south west of Sandford Farm Cannington Earthworks Middle Ages ST 26957 37771 51 08 04 N 3 02 43 W 51 1345 N 3 0453 W 51 1345 3 0453 Medieval settlement 160 m south and 240 m south west of Sandford Farm Earthworks from a medieval village which had a population of 40 to 45 people 1020016 78 Moated site at Edithmead Edithmead Motte and bailey castle Middle Ages ST 32916 49302 51 14 20 N 2 57 44 W 51 239 N 2 9623 W 51 239 2 9623 Moated site at Edithmead Earthworks from a site occupied in the Middle Ages Pottery from the 14th century has been found at the site 1006134 79 80 Motte with two baileys immediately east of Bristol Road Down End Puriton Motte and bailey castle c 1100 ST 30896 41366 51 10 03 N 2 59 32 W 51 1674 N 2 9921 W 51 1674 2 9921 Motte with two baileys immediately east of Bristol Road Down End The remains of Down End Castle consist of earthworks from a Motte and bailey castle 1019291 81 82 83 84 Multi period site on Brean Down Bridgwater Bay Earthworks Fort Neolithic Bronze Age Iron Age Romano British Middle Ages Victorian era World War II ST 28790 58958 51 19 32 N 3 01 44 W 51 3256 N 3 0290 W 51 3256 3 0290 Multi period site on Brean Down Brean Down is a promontory off the coast standing 97 metres 318 ft high and extending 2 kilometres 1 5 mi into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston super Mare and Burnham on Sea Made of Carboniferous Limestone it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills Two further continuations are the small islands of Steep Holm and Flat Holm The cliffs on the northern and southern flanks of Brean Down have large quantities of fossils laid down in the marine deposits about 320 350 million years ago The site has been occupied by humans since the late Bronze Age and includes the remains of a Romano Celtic Temple At the seaward end is Brean Down Fort which was built in 1865 and then re armed in the Second World War Brean Down is now owned by the National Trust and is rich in wildlife history and archaeology It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to both the geology and presence of nationally rare plants including the white rock rose It has also been scheduled as an ancient monument 85 1008211 86 87 88 Picken s Hole Compton Bishop Cave Palaeolithic ST 39680 55004 51 17 28 N 2 51 59 W 51 2910 N 2 8664 W 51 2910 2 8664 Picken s Hole A small cave from which a large number of Middle Palaeolithic artefacts and two Neanderthal teeth dated to about 55 000 years BP have been recovered 1010715 89 90 Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort Aisholt Hill fort Iron Age ST181363 51 07 11 N 3 10 12 W 51 1197 N 3 17 W 51 1197 3 17 Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort Plainsfield Camp or Park Plantation or Cockercombe Castle is a possible Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills but may have been an animal enclosure 1007669 91 Platform cairn 180 m east of Wilmot s Pool Over Stowey Cairn Bronze Age ST1548538136 51 08 10 N 3 12 33 W 51 1362 N 3 2093 W 51 1362 3 2093 Platform cairn 180 m east of Wilmot s Pool A platform cairn on the Quantock Hills 1417363 92 Prehistoric timber trackways 670 m SSE of Parchey Bridge Stawell Timber trackway Neolithic to Iron Age ST 35497 37162 51 07 48 N 2 55 24 W 51 1300 N 2 9232 W 51 1300 2 9232 Prehistoric timber trackways 670 m SSE of Parchey Bridge The remains of several prehistoric trackways in the peaty soil of the Somerset Levels 1014430 93 Roman briquetage mounds on Burtle Moor Burtle Briquetage mounds Romano British ST 39461 44433 51 11 45 N 2 52 04 W 51 1959 N 2 8678 W 51 1959 2 8678 Roman briquetage mounds on Burtle Moor The remains of salt mounds used in Roman times The largest is approximately 10 5 metres 34 ft in diameter 1006148 94 95 Roman settlement site Anglo Saxon and Norman royal palace and St Columbanus Chapel Cheddar Ruined palace Romano British Anglo Saxon and Norman ST456531 51 16 29 N 2 46 44 W 51 2747 N 2 7789 W 51 2747 2 7789 Roman settlement site Anglo Saxon and Norman royal palace and St Columbanus Chapel Cheddar Palace was established in the 9th century It was a royal hunting lodge in the Anglo Saxon and medieval periods and hosted the Witenagemot in the 10th century Nearby are the ruins of the 14th century St Columbanus Chapel Roman artifacts and a burial have also been discovered The site of the palace is now marked by concrete slabs within the grounds of The Kings of Wessex Academy 1017290 More images 96 97 Romano British settlement on Stoke Moor Cheddar Earthworks Romano British ST 45999 48984 51 14 15 N 2 46 30 W 51 2375 N 2 7749 W 51 2375 2 7749 Romano British settlement on Stoke Moor Earthworks including roadways and courtyards from a Roman settlement covering 18 5 hectares 46 acres Artefacts from the site have included coins and pottery 1011125 98 Round barrows 600yds 550m NW of Longbottom Farm Shipham Round barrow Bronze Age ST 45319 57012 51 18 35 N 2 47 09 W 51 3096 N 2 7858 W 51 3096 2 7858 Round barrows 600yds 550m NW of Longbottom Farm A pair of probable round barrows 1006223 99 100 Rowberrow Cavern Mendip Forest Rowberrow Cave Palaeolithic ST 45954 58022 51 19 07 N 2 46 37 W 51 3187 N 2 7769 W 51 3187 2 7769 Rowberrow Cavern Mendip Forest The cave includes a Palaeolithic hearth floor Iron Age and Roman remains have also been uncovered 1011926 101 Rowberrow Camp an Iron Age defended settlement north west of Tynings Farm Rowberrow Earthworks Iron Age ST 46442 56836 51 18 29 N 2 46 11 W 51 3081 N 2 7697 W 51 3081 2 7697 Rowberrow Camp an Iron Age defended settlement north west of Tynings Farm Rowberrow Camp was an Iron Age defended settlement covering 0 36 hectares 0 89 acres and surrounded by a bank and ditch 1008806 102 Ruborough Camp large univallate hillfort Broomfield Hill fort Iron Age ST226336 51 05 46 N 3 06 18 W 51 0961 N 3 105 W 51 0961 3 105 Ruborough Camp large univallate hillfort The Ruborough Camp hill fort is on an easterly spur from the main Quantock ridge with steep natural slopes to the north and south east The fort is triangular in shape with a single rampart and ditch univallate enclosing 1 8 hectares 4 4 acres There is a linear outer work about 120 m away parallel to the westerly rampart enclosing another 1 8 ha There was a tunnel which has now been filed in which gave the camp safe access to a nearby spring for water The site is on the Heritage at Risk Register 1007670 103 104 Saye s Hole Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Iron Age ST 46637 53897 51 16 54 N 2 45 59 W 51 2817 N 2 7665 W 51 2817 2 7665 Saye s Hole Cheddar Gorge A small cave occupied during the Iron Age Excavation has found pottery and other artefacts from that period 1011916 105 Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track 650 m east of Canada Farm Shapwick Timber trackway 3807 or 3806 B C ST 42355 40466 51 09 38 N 2 49 33 W 51 1605 N 2 8257 W 51 1605 2 8257 Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track 650 m east of Canada Farm A section of the Sweet Track an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels Construction was of crossed wooden poles driven into the waterlogged soil to support a walkway that consisted mainly of planks of oak laid end to end The track was only used for a period of around 10 years and was then abandoned probably due to rising water levels The specific date of construction is a result of Dendrochronology of the timbers recovered Following its discovery in 1970 most of the track has been left in its original location with active conservation measures taken including a water pumping and distribution system to maintain the wood in its damp condition 1014439 106 Soldier s Hole Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Late Upper Palaeolithic ST 46862 54008 51 16 58 N 2 45 48 W 51 2827 N 2 7632 W 51 2827 2 7632 Soldier s Hole Cheddar Gorge Artefacts from the cave demonstrate occupation during the Late Upper Palaeolithic The faunal remains have been Radiocarbon dated to 35 000 years ago to c 10 000 years ago 1011914 107 Sections of the Sweet Track the Post Track and associated remains 500 m north east of Moorgate Farm Shapwick Timber trackway 3807 or 3806 B C ST420401 51 09 25 N 2 49 44 W 51 1570 N 2 8288 W 51 1570 2 8288 Sections of the Sweet Track the Post Track and associated remains 500 m north east of Moorgate Farm A section of the Sweet Track an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels Construction was of crossed wooden poles driven into the waterlogged soil to support a walkway that consisted mainly of planks of oak laid end to end The track was only used for a period of around 10 years and was then abandoned probably due to rising water levels Following its discovery in 1970 most of the track has been left in its original location with active conservation measures taken including a water pumping and distribution system to maintain the wood in its damp condition 1014438 108 Settlement SE of Cannington Park Cannington Earthworks Possibly Iron Age Romano British or later ST 24570 40268 51 09 24 N 3 04 48 W 51 1567 N 3 0799 W 51 1567 3 0799 Settlement SE of Cannington Park Earthworks of uncertain date which may show the site of a settlement or field system 1002958 109 Star Roman villa 275 m north east of Wimblestone Shipham Roman villa Romano British ST 43534 58685 51 19 28 N 2 48 42 W 51 3244 N 2 8117 W 51 3244 2 8117 Star Roman villa 275 m north east of Wimblestone Earthworks from a small Roman villa and associated buildings arranged around a courtyard which were built on a previously occupied site 1015499 110 Stowey Castle the site of St Michael s Chapel and a medieval kiln site Nether Stowey Motte and bailey 11th century ST186396 51 08 58 N 3 09 47 W 51 1494 N 3 1630 W 51 1494 3 1630 Stowey Castle the site of St Michael s Chapel and a medieval kiln site Stowey Castle or Nether Stowey Castle known locally as The Mount was a Norman motte and bailey castle built in the 11th century in the village of Nether Stowey on the Quantock Hills 1019421 111 112 Sun Hole Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Cave Palaeolithic ST 46737 54080 51 17 00 N 2 45 54 W 51 2833 N 2 7651 W 51 2833 2 7651 Sun Hole Cheddar Gorge Artefacts from the cave demonstrate occupation during the Palaeolithic 1011915 113 Telescopic rail bridge over the River Parrett 270 m south east of Bridgwater Dock lock Bridgwater Bridge 1871 ST 30020 37423 51 07 54 N 3 00 05 W 51 1318 N 3 0015 W 51 1318 3 0015 Telescopic rail bridge over the River Parrett 270 m south east of Bridgwater Dock lock The retractable bridge was built in 1871 for the Bristol and Exeter Railway It carried a railway siding over the river at the coal yard and docks in the Port of Bridgwater but had to be movable to allow boats to proceed upriver to the Town Bridge The bridge was temporarily immobilised during World War II and last opened in 1953 and the traverser section was demolished in 1974 1020624 More images 114 115 The Chapel Shearston North Petherton Possible chapel Middle Ages or post medieval ST 28179 30581 51 04 12 N 3 01 35 W 51 0700 N 3 0264 W 51 0700 3 0264 The Chapel Shearston The possible site of chapel which may also have been a homestead surrounded by a moat 1006166 116 Timber trackways at Moor Drove 800 m east of Brentsfield Bridge Chedzoy Timber trackway Neolithic ST 34840 36180 51 07 16 N 2 55 57 W 51 1212 N 2 9324 W 51 1212 2 9324 Timber trackways at Moor Drove 800 m east of Brentsfield Bridge Two pieces of a timber trackway which were identified when water levels fell as the site is waterlogged or under water normally 1014872 117 Timber trackways 850 m east of Catcott Burtle Farm Burtle Timber trackway Neolithic ST 41142 43152 51 11 05 N 2 50 37 W 51 1846 N 2 8435 W 51 1846 2 8435 Timber trackways 850 m east of Catcott Burtle Farm Sections of several timber trackways including the Honeygore Honeycat and Honeybee Tracks which were constructed between 3650 and 2870 B C 1014433 118 Twin round barrows 750 yd 696 m N of Bowpit Farm Cheddar Round barrows Bronze Age ST 45822 55799 51 17 55 N 2 46 43 W 51 2987 N 2 7785 W 51 2987 2 7785 Twin round barrows 750 yd 696 m N of Bowpit Farm Possibly two round barrows or one bowl barrow on an oval mound 1006222 119 Village cross Wedmore Cross 14th century ST 43656 47849 51 13 37 N 2 48 30 W 51 2270 N 2 8083 W 51 2270 2 8083 Village cross A stone cross on a five step base which supports a 2 2 metre 7 ft 3 in high shaft with a lantern head 1015450 120 Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross Wedmore Wayside Cross 15th century ST4247849658 51 14 35 N 2 49 32 W 51 243183 N 2 825437 W 51 243183 2 825437 Wayside cross at Stoughton Cross The cross is 1 9 metres 6 ft 3 in high and stands on a three step base It was moved approximately 15 metres 49 ft from its original 15th century position 1015451 121 Wimblestone standing stone Shipham Standing stone Unknown ST 43345 58475 51 19 21 N 2 48 52 W 51 3225 N 2 8144 W 51 3225 2 8144 Wimblestone standing stone A 1 5 metre 5 ft high stone slab 1006137 122 123 Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor 300 m west of Station Farm Burtle Timber trackway Neolithic ST 38800 42639 51 10 47 N 2 52 37 W 51 1797 N 2 8769 W 51 1797 2 8769 Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor 300 m west of Station Farm The remains of several brushwood trackways dating from the Neolithic period 1014437 124 World War II anti aircraft rocket battery and bombing decoy control building 265 m north east of Ashridge Farm Black Down Earthworks World War II ST 46852 56110 51 18 06 N 2 45 49 W 51 3016 N 2 7637 W 51 3016 2 7637 World War II anti aircraft rocket battery and bombing decoy control building 265 m north east of Ashridge Farm The remains of a Z Battery a short range anti aircraft weapon system which launched 3 inch 76 mm diameter rockets from ground based single and multiple launchers for air defence Most of the battery has been removed however the control building survives 1020994 125 World War II bombing decoy complex anti aircraft obstructions and Beacon Batch round barrow cemetery on Black Down Black Down Earthworks World War II ST 47960 57110 51 18 39 N 2 44 53 W 51 3107 N 2 7480 W 51 3107 2 7480 World War II bombing decoy complex anti aircraft obstructions and Beacon Batch round barrow cemetery on Black Down The remains of bombing decoys and anti aircraft obstructions in the form of earth and stone mounds They are in the same area as prehistoric round barrows 1020995 126 See also EditScheduled Monuments in Somerset Grade I listed buildings in Sedgemoor Grade II listed buildings in SedgemoorNotes Edit The date given is the date used by Historic England as significant for the initial building or that of an important part in the structure s description Sometimes known as OSGB36 the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey The List Entry Number is a unique number assigned to each listed building and scheduled monument by Historic England References Edit Robert Dunning ed 2004 Introduction A History of the County of Somerset Volume 8 The Poldens and the Levels Institute of Historical Research Retrieved 1 August 2011 Brunning Richard 2006 A window on the past The prehistoric archaeology of the Somerset Moors In Hill Cottingham Pat Briggs Derek Brunning Richard King Andy Rix Graham eds The Somerset Wetlands An ever changing environment Wellington Somerset Somerset Books pp 40 41 ISBN 978 0 86183 432 7 Historic England Glastonbury Lake Village 194156 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 16 March 2011 Historic England Meare Lake Villages 194185 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 24 March 2011 Brunning Richard 2006 Wet and Wonderful The Heritage of the Avalon Marshes Somerset Heritage Service pp 1 3 ISBN 978 0861833801 Minnitt Stephen Coles John 2006 The Lake Villages of Somerset Glastonbury Antiquarian Society p 7 ISBN 978 0950712239 Gathercole Clare Burnham on Sea and Highbridge PDF Archaeological Assessments South West Heritage Trust p 7 Archived from the original PDF on 17 July 2011 Retrieved 3 January 2011 Scheduled Monuments English Heritage Retrieved 9 September 2014 Historic England Cannington Park Camp 191244 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 16 March 2011 Adkins Lesley and Roy 1992 A field Guide to Somerset Archaeology Dovecote press pp 29 30 ISBN 0 946159 94 7 Brent Knoll hill fort Brent Knoll Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 19 January 2011 Historic England Brick kiln East Quay 1206110 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 30 October 2007 Otter R A 1994 Civil Engineering Heritage Southern England Thomas Telford pp 95 97 ISBN 0 7277 1971 8 Historic England Alstone lake settlement site 1012311 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 The abbey of Athelney British History Online Retrieved 12 August 2008 Havinden Michael 1981 The Somerset Landscape The making of the English landscape London Hodder and Stoughton p 94 ISBN 0 340 20116 9 Athelney Abbey Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 12 August 2008 Historic England King Alfred s Monument with railings 1173838 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 9 February 2007 King Alfred s Monument Listed Buildings Online English Heritage Retrieved 2 January 2011 Historic England Anglo Saxon burh at East Lyng 1019100 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Williams Michael 2009 The Draining of the Somerset Levels CUP Archive p 60 ISBN 978 0521106856 Historic England Balt Moor Wall 1018952 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 15 November 2014 Balt Moor Wall between East Lyng and Athelney Lyng Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 15 November 2014 Historic England Bath Moor Wall 191938 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 15 November 2014 Historic England Barrow at Wilmot s Pool and a cairn 45 m to the north 1417361 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Blackford Manor House Moat Blackford Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 75 m south west of Long House Barn 1014712 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 91 m south of Piney Sleight Farm 1010922 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 190 m south west of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery 1012593 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 250 m south east of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery 1015815 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 250 m south west of Ashridge Farm 1012592 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 300 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry 1010800 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 300m north east of Tyning s Farm 1011584 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 February 2015 Historic England Bowl barrow 300 m north east of Tyning s Farm 1011584 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 350 m east of Batts Coombe Quarry 1010921 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bowl barrow 400 m southeast of Wellington Farm 1011533 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Adkins Lesley and Roy 1992 A field Guide to Somerset Archeology Stanbridge Dovecote press pp 29 30 ISBN 0 946159 94 7 Brent Knoll hillfort Brent Knoll Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 19 January 2011 Historic England Brick kiln East Quay 1206110 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 30 October 2007 Historic England Brick and tile kiln west of East Quay 200 m east of Bridgwater Dock lock 1019900 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 6 December 2014 Somerset Brick and Tile Museum South West Heritage Trust Archived from the original on 8 December 2014 Retrieved 6 December 2014 Historic England Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600 m north east of Northbrook Farm 1014444 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways 700 m north west of Coppice Gate Farm 1014431 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Cairn 500 m north west of Quantock Farm 1019801 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Chandos Glass Cone at the junction of Northgate and Valetta Place 1019899 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Adscombe Chapel 189492 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 27 September 2014 Chapel E of Adscombe Farm Adscombe Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross in St George s churchyard 1015454 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin s churchyard 1015455 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross in All Saints churchyard 1015456 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross in St Michael s churchyard 1015457 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross in St Margaret s churchyard 1015458 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross in St Mary s churchyard 1015452 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Churchyard cross 5 6 m south east of the porch of St Martin s Church 1015453 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Cannington Park Camp 191244 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 16 March 2011 Cynwit Hillfort Cannington Camp Digital Digging 25 November 2013 Retrieved 7 January 2015 Historic England Dead Woman s Ditch cross dyke Robin Upright s Hill 1008254 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Duck decoy west of Nyland Hill 1014452 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Duck decoy pool Decoy rhyne Cossington Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 27 September 2014 Historic England Monument No 1044765 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 27 September 2014 Historic England Duck decoy 175 m south west of Parson s Farm 1014445 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 12 December 2014 Historic England Gorsey Bigbury 194311 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 27 September 2014 Barrow Long Wood Cheddar Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Apsimon A M Musgrave J H Sheldon J Tratman E K Van Wijngaarden Bakker L H 1976 Gorsey Bigbury Cheddar Somerset PDF Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeoligal Society 14 2 155 183 Gough s Cave excavation site Natural History Museum Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 6 March 2015 Mendip UK and Ireland Cave Lengths and Depths Retrieved 15 January 2007 Bello Silvia M Parfitt Simon A Stringer Chris B 2011 Earliest Directly Dated Human Skull Cups PLOS ONE 6 2 e17026 Bibcode 2011PLoSO 617026B doi 10 1371 journal pone 0017026 PMC 3040189 PMID 21359211 Historic England Gough s Old Cave 1012064 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Great Oone s Hole 1010906 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Group of three bowl barrows 180 m south of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery 1012594 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Group of three bowl barrows 180 m south of Tyning s Farm part of the Tyning s Farm round barrow cemetery 1020438 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Longbottom Camp 100 m NW of Longbottom Farm Shipham Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 27 September 2014 Abandoned settlement Mudgley 11235 Mudgley Ancient Mediaeval Village amp Earthworks 466 AD Archived from the original on 27 September 2014 Retrieved 27 September 2014 HUdson Hazel The Search for King Alfred s Palace at Mudgley Theale Retrieved 27 September 2014 Mudgley Manor House Court Garden Mudgley Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Market Cross 1173642 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 July 2013 Historic England Medieval estate boundary earthwork on Shute Shelve Hill 1015495 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Medieval settlement 160 m south and 240 m south west of Sandford Farm 1020016 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Edithmead 192231 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 27 September 2014 Moated site Edithmead Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 27 September 2014 Chisley Mount Down End Castle Facts Retrieved 7 January 2015 Historic England Down End earthworks 192333 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 23 July 2011 Motte and Bailey castle Down End Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 23 July 2011 Prior Stuart 2006 A Few Well Positioned Castles The Norman Art of War The History Press pp 88 89 ISBN 978 0752436517 Historic England Multi period site on Brean Down 1008211 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 June 2014 Hillfort Brean Down Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 7 July 2011 van der Bijl Nicholas 2000 Brean Down Fort Its History and the Defences of the Bristol Channel Cossington Hawk Editions pp 119 123 ISBN 978 0 9529081 7 3 Historic England Multi period site on Brean Down 1008211 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 7 June 2014 Historic England Picken s Hole 1010715 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Pettitt Paul White Mark 2012 The British Palaeolithic Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World Abingdon UK Routledge pp 364 65 ISBN 978 0 415 67455 3 Historic England Plainsfield Camp slight univallate hillfort 1007669 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 24 August 2014 Historic England Platform cairn 180 m east of Wilmot s Pool 1417363 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Historic England Prehistoric timber trackways 670 m SSE of Parchey Bridge 1014430 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 December 2014 Robert Dunning ed 2004 Edington A History of the County of Somerset Volume 8 The Poldens and the Levels Institute of Historical Research Retrieved 28 September 2014 Roman briquetage mounds Burtle Moor Burtle Somerset Heritage South West Heritage Trust Archived from the original on 28 September 2014 Retrieved 28 September 2014 Emery Anthony 2007 Discovering Medieval Houses Osprey Publishing p 21 ISBN 9780747806554 Historic England Roman settlement site Anglo Saxon and Norman royal palace and St Columbanus Chapel 1017290 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 26 May 2014 Historic England Romano British settlement on Stoke Moor 1011125 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 14 December 2014 Historic England Monument No 194358 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 24 February 2015 Historic England Monument No 194352 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 24 February 2015 Historic England Rowberrow Cavern Mendip Forest 1011926 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 14 December 2014 Historic England Rowberrow Camp an Iron Age defended settlement north west of Tynings Farm 1008806 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 14 December 2014 Ruborough Camp large univallate hillfort Broomfield Sedgemoor Heritage at Risk English Heritage Retrieved 28 October 2015 Waite Vincent 1964 Portrait of the Quantocks London Robert Hale ISBN 0 7091 1158 4 Historic England Saye s Hole Cheddar Gorge 1011916 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track 650 m east of Canada Farm 1014439 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Soldier s Hole Cheddar Gorge 1011914 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Sections of the Sweet Track the Post Track and associated remains 500 m north east of Moorgate Farm 1014438 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Monument No 191284 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Star Roman villa 275 m north east of Wimblestone 1015499 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Stowey Castle 189462 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 24 July 2011 Nether Stowey Quantock Online Retrieved 10 March 2008 Historic England Sun Hole Cheddar Gorge 1011915 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Otter R A 1994 Civil Engineering Heritage Southern England Thomas Telford ISBN 0 7277 1971 8 Rail bridge over River Parrett Bridgwater Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 21 December 2009 Historic England The Chapel 191092 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Timber trackways at Moor Drove 800 m east of Brentsfield Bridge 1014872 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Timber trackways 850 m east of Catcott Burtle Farm 1014433 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Monument No 194419 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Village cross 1015450 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Roadside Cross At Ngr St 4248 4966 1252914 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 July 2013 Historic England Wimblestone 194539 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 5 January 2015 Wimblestone Standing Stone Star Somerset Historic Environment Record South West Heritage Trust Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England Wooden trackways on Chilton Moor 300 m west of Station Farm 1014437 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England World War II anti aircraft rocket battery and bombing decoy control building 265 m north east of Ashridge Farm 1020994 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Historic England World War II bombing decoy complex anti aircraft obstructions and Beacon Batch round barrow cemetery on Black Down 1020995 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 5 January 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor amp oldid 1147822979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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