Montacute Castle

Open accesson National Trust land that is open on foot at all times

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Montacute Castle preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Somerset. The Albion Guide lists ten motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. Yeovil Pen Mill Station is 7.7 km away to the east.

More at the National Heritage List entry

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Montacute House

House & garden near Montacute

Golden-stone Elizabethan showpiece with long gallery.

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Ham Hill Country Park

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One of the largest Iron Age hillforts in Britain, a rampart-ringed limestone plateau above the Somerset lowlands and the source of golden Ham stone

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The White Horse (Haselbury Plucknett)

Gastropub · With rooms near Haselbury Plucknett

South Somerset village pub with rooms named by olive among the best.

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Dorset National Landscape

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Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

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Somerset Cider Brandy Company

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A 300-year-old cider farm at Kingsbury Episcopi, home to Burrow Hill cider and England's original cider brandy stills, with an orchard walk and tasting.

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