Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Smitham Chimney and the pond next to it are the only visible remains of a lead smelting plant.  The stone and brick chimney is located on S...

Thomas Coryat(e) was born in the village of Odcombe in around 1577.  His father George was the rector of Odcombe.  Thomas went to school in...

The Three Shire Stones are located at the tripoint where the counties of Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire meet. In the case of Somer...

The ruined Burgundy Chapel is located on the north side of North Hill, two miles north-west of Minehead and close to the coast but about 80...

Winter's Tower or Combe Wood Lodge/Tower , as it is also known, was built in around 1750 for local landowner John Winter .  He lived at ...

St Michael's Tower is a prospect tower or folly located on the top of St Michael's Hill (139 metres above sea level), which is loca...

Pinkery Pond is an artificial lake, which was created c1830 by damming the headwaters of the River Barle with a massive stone and earth dam...

The remains of a small chapel can be seen at the appropriately named Chapel Cross on a minor road between Luccombe and Horner (but closer t...

There is a small memorial in Horner Wood  to a " Staghound Recorder" who was " killed here September 10th 1882 ".   I h...

As the population of Britain grew during the 19th century, the Church of England, Roman Catholic Church and non-conformist denominations nee...