Charterhouse Camp

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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Charterhouse Camp is a preceptory of the military orders in Somerset. The Albion Guide maps two preceptories in the county; this is one of them. The surrounding countryside is part of the Mendip Hills National Landscape.

The nearest other preceptory of the military orders is Charterhouse lead works, 0.3 km to the south-west. Yatton Station is 13 km away to the north-west.

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