English Heritage sites near Dowlish Wake Parish
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
8 miles from Dowlish Wake Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
BLACKBURY CAMP
17 miles from Dowlish Wake Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
17 miles from Dowlish Wake Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
18 miles from Dowlish Wake Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
19 miles from Dowlish Wake Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
20 miles from Dowlish Wake Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
Churches in Dowlish Wake Parish
St Andrew
Dowlish Wake
Ilminster
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