I woke up this morning to another nice day so after cooking a hearty breakfast, I got out my English Heritage map and had a look at some places I would visit today.
The first place I went to was Alfreds Tower which is actually a National Trust property, as it was only a couple of quid to look around I thought I’d take a look.
As you can see the views from the top of this folly are amazing!
I then headed off towards Muchelney Abbey, but before I could get anywhere close I spotted some signs for the Haynes International Motor Museum so I popped in their for a quick look around:
After enjoying a spot of lunch at the Museum I then headed off towards my original location of Muchelney Abbey:
It wasn’t the best remains of an Abbey I have ever been to but as I was in the area it was worth popping in to.
I then decided to head off to Glastonbury and had a quick look at the Meare Fish House that was en-route:
Finally I arrived in Glastonbury, which wasn’t as big as I was expecting. I came across this cross on Market Street:
At first I thought it was an Eleanor Cross but after a few seconds I realised it wasn’t on the route that all the ther Eleanor Crosses are on so it couldn’t be one.
It was getting late in the day so I decided to round it off by going to Nunney Castle and possibly have a quick look at a Long Barrow before heading back to the campsite in Wookey Hole.
Nunney Castle was well worth a visit!
After doing a large amount of walking today my legs were telling me to get in the car and go back to the campsite and get some food, my my brain said go and walk up a large hill – so off to Stoney Littleton Long Barrow it was then!!!
Stoney Little Long Barrow was the best example of a Long Barrow I have ever been to! You have to crouch down on your hands and knees to go in and ideally need a torch (which I didn’t have as all the other Long Barrows I have been to you’ve not been able to go in too far so wasn’t expecting this one to be anything special).
To give you an idea of how important/incredible this Long Barrow is, if StoneHenge wasn’t our oldest National Monument then this would be it instead. StoneHenge is around 6,000 years old and this Long Barrow (along with most of the others in the country) are around 5,000 years old, some say possibly even 5,500 years old so you can see how close to being the oldest National Monument they are.
All-in-all today was absolutely brilliant and going to Stoney Littleton was a fantastic end to my days exploring!
If you want to see more photos of the places I have been today then please look at my full photo galleries here:
Alfreds Tower Photo Gallery
Haynes International Motor Museum Photo Gallery
Muchelney Abbey Photo Gallery
Meare Fish House Photo Gallery
Glastonbury Market Cross Photo Gallery
Nunney Castle Photo Gallery
Stoney Littleton Long Barrow Photo Gallery
