I have to say I know very little about this site and have been able to find very little about it. It is situated near Shepton Mallet in Somerset, which has certain interesting things about it that one might not expect. http://www.shepton-mallet.org.uk/highlights.htm tells us that:
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"For 3,000 years, Shepton Mallet has been a hive of industry. The living and working lives of at least 120 generations have been spent in this small market town nestling in a fold of the Mendip hills, along the narrow valley of the stream known as the River Sheppey. Recently, exiting new archaeological discoveries have revealed even more of the town's early history. In 1995 Bronze Age homesteads and pottery were found during excavations near Cannards Grave to the south of the town. Maesbury Ring, the Iron Age hill fort which crowns the northern horizon of the town, 950 ft up on the Mendips, is the earliest visible trace. |
| Visit date: | 21/06/1999 |
| Reporter: | Catherine Humes |
| Email: | cath@gingerbreadhouse.demon.co.uk |
| Purpose: | Summer solstice |
| Comments: | This site was absolutely pristine. I imagine that it is probably never used and is not easy to find or to get to. The land is used to graze cows and is near to a local golf club, so any overnight activity would be quickly noticed. |