Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael’s Tower, a Grade I listed building. The National Trust manages the site and has been designated a scheduled monument. The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology, particularly in myths linked to King Arthur, and has several […]
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Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael’s Tower, a Grade I listed building. The National Trust manages the site and has been designated a scheduled monument. The Tor is mentioned in Celtic mythology, particularly in myths linked to King Arthur, and has several […]
This excellent sham ruin of a church tower was built in 1820 and perched very high up on top of Willett Hill, near Elworthy and Willett village. Willett’s Tower stands at the summit, decaying, lonely, and surrounded by dense woodland. It is a sham ruin based on a square church tower, with a curtain pierced […]
Approximately one mile Southeast of Pitcomb village, not far from Bruton, and silently minding its own business at the side of the road to Redlynch, is this lovely eye-catching gateway, the Chequers Towers. It was built in the late 18th century, possibly to commemorate a Royal visit by King George III to Redlynch. It is […]
The National Trust’s Dovecote stands on a hill above Bruton and is included as an optional detour on the walk around the town (see the town walk overleaf). This mysterious building with 200 pigeonholes may have been begun by Bruton Priory (later Abbey) before Henry VIII dissolved it. The Berkeley family, who bought the Abbey, […]
After the rolling hills of Dorset, this area of Somerset called the ‘Somerset Levels’, for obvious visual reasons, comes as quite a change. Having just gotten used to the Western country’s answer to Holland, it comes as a surprise to suddenly find a large hill rising sharply out of the surrounding landscape. This is Burrow […]
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