Wessex Attractions: Muchelney Abbey
Muchelney Abbey, two miles from Langport on the Somerset levels, was a Benedictine monastery founded by King Ine of Wessex around 700 and refounded by Athelstan in 939, making it…
Wessex Attractions: St Catherine’s Chapel
St Catherine's is a 14th century chapel in Abbotsbury, Dorset. It was popularly believed up until the late 19th century that invoking St Catherine in prayer would help young women…
THE GRANGE, NORTHINGTON Panoramic view of The Grange. DP107287
Wessex Attractions: The Grange, Northington
The Grange at Northington in Hampshire is one of the finest examples of Greek revival architecture in England. Originally built in the Palladian style, it was radically transformed in the…
Essential Wessex: Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village
Hound Tor. on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, shows evidence of having been settled since the Bronze Age, possibly earlier. Archaeological investigations in the 1960s revealed evidence of longhouses, barns…
Wessex Attractions: Old Sarum
Old Sarum is an iron age hill fort, dating back to c400 BC, that was the original site of what later became Salisbury. It was continuously occupied during the Roman…
Wessex Attractions: Yarmouth Castle
Yarmouth Castle was the last of Henry VIII's programme of coastal fortifications, completed in 1539. It continued to serve a defensive function well into the 19th century, protecting the south…
Wessex Attractions: Totnes Castle
Totnes is best-known as the landing site of Brutus of Troy in Geoffrey of Monmouth's origin myth for Britain. But it also houses one of the best-preserved Norman castles in…
Wessex Attractions: Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
Stoney Littleton is an example of an easily accessible neolithic long barrow near the village of Wellow in Somerset. Dating from around 3500 BC, it is a barrow of the…