Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Dole stones or tables were stone tables or ledges usually located in church porches and more rarely in churchyards.   From medieval times u...

An ornate hexagonal  pinnacle stands at the junction of Church Road and Lympsham Road in the village of Lympsham .  It is one of a pair: th...

This sheltered walled garden is located at the back of St George's Church in Dunster.  It can be accessed through a gate in the wall on ...

Shepton Mallet House of Correction was built on the site of Cornhill House in the town c1625.   Houses of correction housed vagrants, begga...

Dragons occur in myths from all around the world.  Some are concerned with the creation of the universe e.g. the biblical account of creati...