Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Mary Denise Rand (nee Bignal) was born in Wells in 1940.  In 1964 she won a gold medal in the long jump at the Tokyo Olympic Games.  She ju...

Kingston St Mary This memorial to what appears to be a family's eclectic set of pets is built into the side wall of the Kingston St ...

This stone marks the spot where Taunton's gallows once stood.  They were located at the boundary of the parishes of Bishops Hull, Trull ...

To celebrate British competitors' gold medal winning performances at the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 Royal Mail painted a po...

Haddon Lodge,  or the Pepperpot Castle  as it is now known (grid reference SS 988 287), is located on the western edge of the village of  U...

Stogursey Castle (grid reference ST 203 426) is tucked away to the south of the village of Stogursey. It is not mentioned in the Domesday B...

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...