Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

The Caratacus Stone is an early medieval inscribed stone, which is 1.2 metres high and leans slightly to one side.  It is located at the to...

This unusual circular pottery kiln with a conical roof is a rare complete example of an updraft kiln.  It was used to make domestic earthenw...

This statue of a wolf suckling Romulus and Remus , the founders of Rome, was made by an Italian prisoner of war called Gaetano Celestra . So...

I don't imagine that many people who race through the Dunster junction of the A39 in their cars on their way to Minehead, Porlock or Exm...

Fives is a ball game, which is played by two or four players in a court, which is usually enclosed on three or four sides.   A hard ball is...

Rise, Redemption and Fall by John Robinson are a triptych of bronze resin sculptures mounted on the wall of an outbuilding of Cadbury Court...

These two well-worn statues carved in local ham stone probably date from the 15th century and were originally built into the old Petherton B...

The quiet village of Mells, a few miles to the north west of Frome is a must see place for all fans of the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens .  He ...

While walking the West Somerset Coast Path several years ago we came across poles in the fields near Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station bea...