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Mendip Hills Festival of Archaeology Sat 17 July - Sun 1 Aug Venues around the Mendip Hills Walks, talks and activities on the Mendip Hills and in the surrounding villages. For full details visit website. Supported by the Mendip Hills AONB Sustainable Development Fund. www.wellsmuseum.org.uk Event is part of the Festival of British Archaeology - 17th July to 1st August 2010 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 5th July 2010ce

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Wells & Mendip Museum website Site includes finds, details and future events of the Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 10th July 2010ce

Deerleap Stones (Standing Stones) — Fieldnotes

Visited 8th May 2012 One of the joys of the TMA website is discovering lovely places you never knew existed, and after many years of quite regular trips down to Glastonbury and never knowing about these nearby stones until I read about them here, I took this opportunity to pay a visit. Whilst Ellen trawled the shops in Glastonbury I headed out to Wookey Hole, and following the High Street around the back of the huge car park for the caves, until it became Kennel Batch lane, I continued uphill until I saw the Ebbor Gorge National Trust carpark. Leaving the car there (although the gorge itself is definitely worth a vist, as I had a walk around it on my return to the car) I continued uphill until reaching the second signed public footpath to the left. From the stile into the field I could see the stones to my right. The two stubby stones are modest in size, but have a fantastic aspect, looking out over the Somerset levels, Glastonbury Tor being particularly prominent. The stones must be a good 50' apart, and the high meadow in which they stand is a sea of yellow dandelions today. It's lovely and peaceful here, with only the rumbling of the occasional tractor or car in the nearby lane, but you are perfectly screened here from the road and feel remote from the cares of the world. I lay my coat on the damp grass so I can stretch out in the sunshine by the stones and relax. Buzzards cry overhead, and the wind sends clouds scudding across the sky, for me this beats retail therapy any day! As I doze in the sunshine I'm awoken by a thundering roar as the ground vibrates and a dark shadow passes overhead, startled I look up to see a Hercules aircraft sweep low overhead, probably only a hundred feet above the field, affording me the opportunity to get some great shots of the low flying plane. It's been great here, worth it for the views alone, but it does still feel like a magical place, despite the fact that the stones have been messed around with in the past, and one of them is not original. As the great man JC (Julian Cope) might say, it's a 'righteous hangout'. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Ravenfeather 13th May 2012ce

Deerleap Stones (Standing Stones) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by Ravenfeather 13th May 2012ce

Ebbor Gorge (Cave / Rock Shelter) — Links

Real Alternative Site Article on history of Ebbor Gorge Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 16th April 2012ce

Miner’s Arms Inn (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes

Directions: Take the A39 north out of Wells and after a couple of miles you will come to a minor road to the left; signposted Priddy. Turn here and follow the road until you come to the crossroads where a hotel is situated. Take the turning north (right), heading uphill, with a forest to your right. You will pass a forestry commission car park on your right and come to a lay by on your left overlooking a lake – park here. Take the ‘path’ past the lake to the right and look for a single large pine tree on the brow of the hill – it is growing out of the Barrow! The path is muddy and the bracken high but will only take you a couple of minutes. The Barrow is covered in bracken and I would guess there wouldn’t be a lot to see in the middle of summer. The Barrow is about 10 metres across and 1.5 metres high. You can see 3 of the Priddy Nine Barrows along the skyline. The O/S map shows a further three Barrows on the other side of the road in amongst the trees. I didn’t go exploring but think I spotted one of the Barrows in the undergrowth next to the forestry car park – on the left of the entrance. There were plenty of walkers about and a woman with the longest camera lens I have ever seen taking photos of ducks on the lake – it must have been about a foot long! I liked this area a lot. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 13th April 2012ce

Hunter’s Lodge Inn (B) (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes

Directions: As per Hunter’s Lodge Inn Barrow (A), but this one is supposed to be on the other side of the cross roads, to the west of the hotel. I say ‘supposed’ as although the Barrow is marked on the O/S map I couldn’t see it. Perhaps it is no longer visible? (or I was looking in the wrong place!) E. H. state: ‘A Bowl Barrow 1 m in diameter and 0.5m high at its highest point. The ditch surrounding the barrow has become infilled but survives as a buries feature c2m wide’ Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 12th April 2012ce

Hunter’s Lodge Inn (A) (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes

Directions: Take the A39 north out of Wells and after a couple of miles will come to a minor road to the left sign posted Priddy. Turn here and follow the road until you come to the crossroads where the hotel is situated. The Barrow is in a small stone wall surrounded field to the east of the hotel and is easily visible from the road. I have one word to describe this little grass covered Barrow – cute! (Don’t think I have ever called a Barrow cute before!) E.H. has a more scientific description: ‘A Bowl Barrow 18m in diameter and c1.75m in height. The ditch surrounding the Barrow has become infilled but survives as a buried feature c3m wide. A slight central depression may mark the site of a partial excavation by an amateur archaeologist in 1926. No finds were reported’. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 12th April 2012ce

Southfield Farm (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes

Visited 7.4.12 Directions: - just west of Drove Cottage Henge. There is certainly a lot of prehistoric activity in this area. My O/S map shows three Barrows, although I could only spot one from the roadside. The Barrow in question was not much more than a low ‘hump’ in a field which had a drystone field wall running over it. There is no public right of way to the fields the Barrows are in. E.H. report: ‘A Bowl Barrow with a mound 18m in diameter and 1.25m in height at its highest point. The ditch surrounding the Barrow has become infilled but survives as a buried feature c3m wide. A drystone wall runs east / west across the Barrow mound’. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 12th April 2012ce

Drove Cottage Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) — Fieldnotes

Visited 7.4.12 Directly opposite Drove Cottage Henge (on the other side of the road). There is no public access to the Barrow and the fact the farmer was still watching me meant I had to again settle for a view from the road. The Barrow is easily seen on the brow of the hill and looks to be much mangled. E.H. state: ‘A Disc Barrow 18m in diameter and 1.25m in height. A level berm 7 m wide surrounds the mound and separates the Barrow from a ditch 3.5m wide and 0.75m deep. An outer bank 3.5m wide and 0.5m high surrounds the ditch. Quarrying in the area has disturbed the ditch and bank on the eastern side and there is further quarrying on the northern edge of the monument’. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 12th April 2012ce