List of scheduled monuments in South Somerset
Monuments

List of scheduled monuments in South Somerset

Section Title: Monuments
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Name	Location	Type	Completed	Grid ref. Geo-coordinates	Notes	Entry number	Image	Ref.

A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park Pond	Castle Cary	Motte-and-bailey castle	Middle Ages	ST 64169 32192 51°05′18″N 2°30′48″W / 51.0884°N 2.5132°W	Cary Castle was built either by Walter of Douai or by his son Robert in the late 11th or early 12th century.	1019897	A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park PondMore images

Augustinian priory, later abbey and associated pillow mound, at King's School	Bruton	Priory	12th century	ST 68464 34709 51°06′40″N 2°27′07″W / 51.111°N 2.452°W	Bruton Abbey was founded as a house of Augustinian canons in 1135, by William de Mohun, who later became the Earl of Somerset.	1020015	Augustinian priory, later abbey and associated pillow mound, at King's SchoolMore images

Ballands Castle	Penselwood	Motte-and-bailey castle	Middle Ages	ST 75360 31017 51°04′42″N 2°21′12″W / 51.0782°N 2.3533°W	Ballands Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle, probably built after the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The castle sits close to the contemporary Norman castles of Cockroad Wood and Castle Orchard, and may have been built as part of a system of fortifications to control the surrounding area.The motte of the castle is now around 5 metres (16 ft) high, and up to 9 metres (30 ft) wide.	1014713	Upload Photo

Barn W of Muchelney Abbey	Muchelney	Tithe barn	16th century	ST 42783 24914 51°01′15″N 2°49′02″W / 51.0207°N 2.8171°W	The tithe barn of Muchelney Abbey was used to store produce from the farms belonging to the abbey.	1006181	Upload Photo

Bineham City deserted village	Long Sutton	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 50001 24886 51°01′16″N 2°42′51″W / 51.0212°N 2.7142°W	The remains of a medieval village occupied from the 13th to 17th centuries. Masonry foundations of rectangular buildings have been identified.	1006142	Upload Photo

Bowl barrow 110 m south west of Spittle Pond Cottages	Wambrook	Bowl barrow	Bronze Age	ST 29402 08882 50°52′30″N 3°00′17″W / 50.8751°N 3.0048°W	A bowl barrow mound which is 24 metres (79 ft) in diameter and 0.7 metres (2 ft 4 in) high.	1020545	Upload Photo

Bowl barrow known as 'Wimble Toot'	Babcary	Bowl barrow or Motte-and-bailey castle	Bronze Age or Norman	ST 56048 28003 51°02′59″N 2°37′42″W / 51.0497°N 2.6284°W	Wimble Toot is a circular earthwork, 27.4 metres (90 ft) across and 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) high, with a ditch on the north-west and south-east sides, on the top of a ridge, overlooking a brook which runs into the River Cary and the old Roman road of the Fosse Way.	1015279	Bowl barrow known as 'Wimble Toot'

Bowl barrow on Charn Hill	Charlton Horethorne	Bowl barrow	Neolithic to Bronze Age	ST 66710 23488 51°00′35″N 2°28′33″W / 51.0098°N 2.4759°W	A bowl barrow approximately 16 metres (52 ft) in diameter and 3 metres (9.8 ft) high.	1014711	Upload Photo

Chessels Roman villa	East Coker	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 52874 13831 50°55′19″N 2°40′18″W / 50.9220°N 2.6718°W	In 1861 the site was uncovered and tesserae, tiles, slates and painted wall plaster were uncovered from a villa which may have burnt down.	1006186	Upload Photo

Combe Beacon barrow	Combe St Nicholas	Bell barrow	Bronze Age	ST 29481 12279 50°54′21″N 3°00′15″W / 50.9057°N 3.0043°W	A bell barrow approximately 38 metres (125 ft) in diameter and 4 metres (13 ft) high. It was used as the site for a beacon in the 18th century.	1018633	Upload Photo

Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon	Compton Dundon	Hillfort	Iron Age	ST 48452 32209 51°05′13″N 2°44′13″W / 51.0869°N 2.7369°W	Dundon Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort. South east of the site is a Bronze Age bowl barrow which, it has been suggested, was later modified as a Norman Motte, known as Dundon Beacon.	1014715	Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon

Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyard	Broadway	Cross	13th century	ST 32959 15893 50°56′19″N 2°57′20″W / 50.9386°N 2.9555°W	The base of the cross has two steps. The shaft has two carved figures.	1017250	Upload Photo

Cross in St Catherine's churchyard	Drayton	Cross	15th century	ST 40527 24762 51°01′09″N 2°50′57″W / 51.0191°N 2.8493°W	The octagonal base of the cross has three steps. The shaft of the cross is topped by a stone ball finial which are more recent than the base.	1018637	Cross in St Catherine's churchyard

Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist 15 m south east of the church door	Brewham	Cross	Middle Ages	ST 71977 36126 51°07′25″N 2°24′06″W / 51.1237°N 2.4018°W	The cross has a rectangular base supporting an octagonal shaft from which the head is missing.	1018924	Cross in the churchyard of St John the Baptist 15 m south east of the church door

Deserted medieval settlement and associated fields, Lytes Cary	Lytes Cary	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 53126 26545 51°02′11″N 2°40′12″W / 51.0363°N 2.6699°W	Earthworks within the grounds of Lytes Cary date from the medieval period. They now consist of low grassy banks.	1008253	Upload Photo

Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber	Marston Magna	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 58815 21265 50°59′21″N 2°35′18″W / 50.9893°N 2.5882°W	earthworks show the remains of several buildings gathered around a village green. At least one house was still occupied in the 16th century.	1008251	Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber

Duck decoy on Middle Moor	Aller	Duck decoy	17th century	ST 40136 28150 51°02′59″N 2°51′19″W / 51.0496°N 2.8554°W	The remains of a six-pipe duck decoy constructed in 1676 and unused by the late 19th century.	1014451	Upload Photo

Duck decoy 700 m WNW of Rookery Farm	Kingsdon	Duck decoy	18th or 19th century	ST 51865 28412 51°03′11″N 2°41′17″W / 51.0530°N 2.6881°W	The remains of a duck decoy close to the River Cary. It is now a small pond with an island.	1015206	Upload Photo

Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port	Milborne Port	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 67710 18572 50°57′57″N 2°27′40″W / 50.9657°N 2.4612°W	Dispersed remains of the early market town including post holes of buildings near Church Street.	1017393	Upload Photo

Hamdon Hill camp	Stoke-sub-Hamdon	Hillfort	Iron Age	ST 48296 16427 50°57′05″N 2°44′38″W / 50.9514°N 2.7439°W	Ham Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort located on Ham Hill. It covers an area of 210 acres (85 ha), making it one of the largest hillforts in Britain.	1003678	Hamdon Hill camp

Haselbury Bridge	Haselbury Plucknett	Bridge	14th century	ST 45851 10969 50°53′44″N 2°46′17″W / 50.8956°N 2.7713°W	A 14th-century stone bridge carrying a minor road over the River Parrett. The bridge is 4 metres (13 ft) wide and has two pointed arches.	1020497	Upload Photo

Hillfort 475 m south of Howley Farm	Whitestaunton	Hillfort	Iron Age	ST 26505 08939 50°52′35″N 3°02′43″W / 50.8763°N 3.0453°W	Horse Pool Camp is a univallate Iron Age hillfort enclosure also known as Whitestaunton Camp. The hillfort is an oval shape that is 300 metres (980 ft) long and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.	1018636	Upload Photo

Hillfort 550 yd (501 m) SE of Four Gates	Wambrook	Hillfort	Iron Age	ST 31092 07457 50°51′45″N 2°58′50″W / 50.8625°N 2.9805°W	The earthworks of a univallate hillfort. The site is 324 by 148 metres (1,063 by 486 ft), surrounded by a bank and outer ditch.	1006146	Upload Photo

Ilchester Roman town	Ilchester	Earthworks	Romano-British	ST 52042 22873 51°00′04″N 2°40′55″W / 51.001°N 2.682°W	Lindinis was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. A timber walled fort was established there around AD 60 and later a second fort seems to have been built.	1006155	Upload Photo

Kenwalch's Castle: a large univallate hillfort on Pen Hill	Charlton Musgrove	Hillfort	Iron Age	ST 74777 33536 51°06′02″N 2°21′42″W / 51.1006°N 2.3617°W	Kenwalch's Castle is probably an Iron Age hillfort that may have been converted into a Roman fortress. It covers an area of 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres).	1008257	Kenwalch's Castle: a large univallate hillfort on Pen Hill

Later Iron Age enclosure, Ilchester Mead	Ilchester	Earthworks	Iron Age	ST 52011 22044 50°59′45″N 2°41′07″W / 50.9958°N 2.6852°W	The remains of an earth rampart and ditch system.	1006129	Upload Photo

Low Ham Roman Villa	Low Ham	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 43649 28874 51°03′36″N 2°48′39″W / 51.06°N 2.8108°W	The villa appears to have been constructed around AD 340. Aerial photography has shown that there are a number of farm buildings around a large courtyard, although the excavations concentrated on the residential west wing and bath house.	1006192	Low Ham Roman VillaMore images

Lower Woolston medieval settlement	North Cadbury	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 65578 27411 51°02′42″N 2°29′33″W / 51.0450°N 2.4924°W	Earthworks show the site of houses and water management features. The site is mentioned in documents from the 14th century.	1018150	Upload Photo

Maperton medieval settlement	Maperton	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 67461 26354 51°02′08″N 2°27′55″W / 51.0356°N 2.4654°W	Earthworks show the site of a village, with a village pond, and ridge and furrow agriculture.	1018151	Upload Photo

Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks	Marston Magna	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 59489 22189 50°59′52″N 2°34′43″W / 50.9977°N 2.5787°W	Earthworks show the site of a moated building, ridge and furrow agriculture and a fishpond.	1008250	Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks

Medieval bridge 100 m south west of Wyke House	Wyke Champflower	Bridge	15th century	ST 65706 34046 51°06′17″N 2°29′28″W / 51.1047°N 2.4912°W	A 15th-century stone bridge over the River Brue. The bridge, which is 13 metres (43 ft) long, has two arches.	1020496	Upload Photo

Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm	Stoke-sub-Hamdon	Priory	14th century	ST 47324 17440 50°57′16″N 2°44′56″W / 50.9545°N 2.7488°W	Stoke sub Hamdon Priory is a complex of buildings and ruins initially built in the 14th century for priests serving the chantry chapel of St Nicholas.	1020665	Medieval secular college at Parsonage FarmMore images

Medieval settlement 190 m south west of Perry's Bridge	Babcary	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 57563 30182 51°04′10″N 2°36′25″W / 51.0694°N 2.6070°W	Earthworks show the site of houses, tracks and ponds.	1019031	Upload Photo

Medieval settlement 300 m east of Knight House Farm	Cudworth	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 37536 10619 50°53′30″N 2°53′22″W / 50.8917°N 2.8895°W	Earthworks show the site of houses, tracks and farming.	1016412	Upload Photo

Medieval settlement remains 100 m and 250 m north of Downhead Manor Farm	West Camel	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 56624 25590 51°01′41″N 2°37′12″W / 51.0280°N 2.6199°W	Earthworks show the site of houses, possibly including a manor house, tracks and a fish pond. The settlement existed before the Norman conquest and was abandoned by the late 18th century.	1021260	Upload Photo

Melbury Roman villa	Somerton	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 47932 27514 51°02′41″N 2°44′39″W / 51.0446°N 2.7441°W	The site of a Roman villa with hypocaust tiles. Various artefacts have been uncovered at the site.	1002954	Upload Photo

Moated site 800 m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse	North Perrott	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 47172 08399 50°52′22″N 2°45′08″W / 50.87266°N 2.7522°W	Earthworks of a 80-by-75-metre (262 by 246 ft) platform with the remains of buildings. The site with its surrounding moat is believed to be the medieval mansion home of the De Pipplepens.	1018923	Upload Photo

Moated site, two fishponds and associated earthworks at Knight House Farm	Cudworth	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 37279 10784 50°53′35″N 2°53′36″W / 50.8931°N 2.8932°W	Earthworks of a 50-metre (160 ft) platform with the remains of buildings. The site with its surrounding moat is believed to be the medieval mansion home of Matthew de Esse.	1018635	Moated site, two fishponds and associated earthworks at Knight House Farm

Montacute Castle a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill	Montacute	Motte-and-bailey castle	11th century	ST 49355 16966 50°56′59″N 2°43′20″W / 50.9497°N 2.7223°W	Montacute Castle was built after the Norman conquest of England in 1066 by Robert of Mortain. An 18th-century folly, St.	1008466	Montacute Castle a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill

Motte-and-bailey castle in Cockroad Wood	Charlton Musgrove	Motte-and-bailey castle	11th century	ST 74618 32147 51°05′14″N 2°37′42″W / 51.0871°N 2.6283°W	Cockroad Wood Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle, probably built after the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The castle sits close to the contemporary Norman castles of Ballands and Castle Orchard, and may have been built a system of fortifications to control the surrounding area.	1008256	Motte-and-bailey castle in Cockroad Wood

Muchelney Abbey	Muchelney	Abbey	8th century	ST 42883 24732 51°01′09″N 2°48′57″W / 51.0191°N 2.8157°W	Muchelney Abbey is an English Heritage property. The site consists of ruined walls showing the layout of the abbey buildings constructed from the 8th to 16th and the remaining intact Abbott's House.	1006230	Muchelney AbbeyMore images

Northover House, late Roman cemetery	Ilchester	Earthworks with stone and lead coffins	Romano-British	ST 52165 22965 51°00′15″N 2°40′59″W / 51.0041°N 2.6831°W	Coffins made of stone and lead, dating from the late 4th century, have been found in the grounds of Northover House.	1006128	Upload Photo

Pen Pits quern quarries N of Combe Bottom	Penselwood	Earthworks	Iron Age, Romano-British and Middle Ages	ST 76615 32040 51°05′14″N 2°20′07″W / 51.0872°N 2.3353°W	A series of bowl shaped pits which were used as stone quarries during the Iron Age, Romano-British and Middle Ages.	1004687	Upload Photo

Pill Bridge	Ilchester	Packhorse bridge	17th century	ST 50005 23392 51°00′28″N 2°42′50″W / 51.0077°N 2.7140°W	A 17th-century stone packhorse bridge over the River Yeo, which replaced an earlier 13th-century bridge at the same site.	1006214	Pill Bridge

Pottery kiln S of Whitney Bottom	Donyatt	Kiln	14th to 17th century	ST 32332 13634 50°55′06″N 2°57′50″W / 50.9182°N 2.9640°W	The remains of pottery kilns built in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were excavated in the 1960s and 1970s.	1002961	Upload Photo

Promontory fort on Barrow Hill	Milborne Port	Hillfort	Iron Age	ST 67116 20755 50°59′07″N 2°28′11″W / 50.9853°N 2.4698°W	A bank and ditch system surrounding the site of an Iron Age hillfort on Barrow Hill.	1016738	Upload Photo

Prospect tower 230 m south of King's School	Bruton	Dovecote	15th or 16th century	ST 68384 34418 51°06′30″N 2°27′11″W / 51.1082°N 2.4530°W	Bruton Dovecote was built in the 16th century. It was at one time used as a house, possibly as a watchtower and as a dovecote.	1019895	Prospect tower 230 m south of King's SchoolMore images

Roman house S of Fair View House	Curry Rivel	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 39681 24840 51°01′11″N 2°51′41″W / 51.0198°N 2.8613°W	Marks have been identified within a large arable field which may represent the foundations of a Roman villa.	1006185	Upload Photo

Roman house W of vicarage	Drayton	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 40072 24797 51°01′10″N 2°51′21″W / 51.0194°N 2.8558°W	Crop marks may represent the site of a Roman building.	1006184	Upload Photo

Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm	Queen Camel	Earthworks	Romano-British	ST 58473 25535 51°01′40″N 2°35′37″W / 51.0277°N 2.5935°W	The site of a Roman settlement occupied in the 2nd to 4th centuries. Stone foundations of at least three buildings have been identified.	1020936	Upload Photo

Roman villa at Lufton	Brympton	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 51552 17825 50°57′28″N 2°41′28″W / 50.9578°N 2.6912°W	The site of a Roman villa excavated after the discovery of mosaics including one depicting people dressed in Roman dress and a hunting scene.	1006159	Upload Photo

Roman villa N of Dunnock's Lane	East Coker	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 54604 13755 50°55′17″N 2°38′50″W / 50.9215°N 2.6472°W	Excavations from the 1940s to 1960s showed the remains of a Roman corridor villa with an extensive bath block. Many of the rooms had mosaic floors and walls.	1003029	Upload Photo

Roman villa N of Stowey Hill	Pitney	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 45085 30080 51°04′03″N 2°47′06″W / 51.0674°N 2.7851°W	A Roman villa excavated in the 19th century, with baths, hypocausts and mosaics. Nearby is a mausoleum which included coins from Vespasian and the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.	1006183	Upload Photo

Roman villa N of Whitestaunton	Whitestaunton	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 28022 10589 50°53′25″N 3°01′29″W / 50.8903°N 3.0247°W	Excavations in the 19th century uncovered the site of a Roman villa in the grounds of Whitestaunton Manor. Further work in 2003 by the Time Team identified a bath house.	1006124	Upload Photo

Somerton Market Cross	Somerton	Market cross	14th century	ST 49046 28551 51°03′14″N 2°43′42″W / 51.0540°N 2.7284°W	Market crosses have stood in the square at Somerton since before 1390; the present Butter Cross, an octagonal roofed market cross, was rebuilt in 1673.	1016740	Somerton Market Cross

The Round House	Castle Cary	Village lock-up	1779	ST 64051 32385 51°05′23″N 2°30′53″W / 51.0896°N 2.5147°W	A small circular stone building, which served as the village lock-up.	1016741	The Round House

Site of a Cluniac priory immediately east of Abbey Farm	Montacute	Priory	11th century	ST 49683 16805 50°56′54″N 2°43′02″W / 50.9482°N 2.7172°W	Montacute Priory was a Cluniac priory of the Benedictine order founded between 1078 and 1102 by William, Count of Mortain. All that remains is the Abbey Farmhouse which incorporates the gateway of Montacute Priory, although the sites of an associated fishpond and dovecote have been excavated.	1019898	Upload Photo

The Hanging Chapel and a medieval gateway at The Hill	Langport	Chapel	Middle Ages	ST 42333 26746 51°02′11″N 2°49′30″W / 51.0364°N 2.825°W	The Hanging Chapel (more formally known as the Chantry Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary) is a 13th-century archway, bearing a Perpendicular building known as the hanging chapel.	1019290	The Hanging Chapel and a medieval gateway at The HillMore images

The Packhorse Bridge 100 m north west of the Church of St Mary	Bruton	Packhorse bridge	15th century	ST 68358 34819 51°06′43″N 2°27′18″W / 51.1119°N 2.455°W	Bow Bridge is a 15th-century Packhorse bridge over the River Brue. The bridge may have been built as a link between the former Bruton Abbey, and its Court House in the High Street.	1019894	The Packhorse Bridge 100 m north west of the Church of St MaryMore images

Two bowl barrows 300 m north west of Northay Farm	Whitestaunton	Bowl barrow	Bronze Age	ST 28098 11494 50°53′54″N 3°01′26″W / 50.8984°N 3.0238°W	A pair of bowl barrows on the Blackdown Hills. The northernmost barrow of the pair was excavated in 1876 which revealed a pottery urn of ashes and other human remains along with a bronze dagger blade.	1016413	Upload Photo

Village cross	Horsington	Cross	Middle Ages	ST 70307 23841 51°00′48″N 2°25′29″W / 51.0132°N 2.4246°W	A medieval hamstone cross with an octagonal shaft on a stepped circular base.	1017016	Village cross

Village cross	Hinton St George	Cross	Middle Ages	ST 41973 12624 50°54′37″N 2°49′36″W / 50.9102°N 2.8267°W	is a 2.5-metre (8 ft 2 in) high cross with a tapering octagonal shaft on stepped octagonal base.	1018634	Village cross

Wadeford Roman villa	Combe St Nicholas	Roman villa	Romano-British	ST 30881 10521 50°53′24″N 2°59′03″W / 50.8900°N 2.9841°W	The site of a Roman villa which was excavated in the 19th century. Finds included coins from the 3rd century and wall mosaics.	1006187	Upload Photo

West Mudford medieval settlement, 500 m south west of West Mudford Farm	Mudford	Earthworks	Middle Ages	ST 56465 20064 50°58′42″N 2°37′17″W / 50.9783°N 2.6215°W	Earthworks including houses and ponds from a settlement occupied in the 13th and 14th centuries. It is surrounded by a medieval field system.	1018138	Upload Photo

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Muchelney Abbey was founded in the 8th century, and Montacute Priory, a Cluniac priory of the Benedictine order, was founded in the 11th.

final_sentence: Muchelney Abbey was founded in the 8th century, and Montacute Priory, a Cluniac priory of the Benedictine order, was founded in the 11th.