Wimble Toot
Wimble Toot is a burial mound or, possibly, a motte built near the village of Babcary, Somerset, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument with a list entry number of 1015279.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: bowl barrow or motte in Babcary, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bowl barrow known as `Wimble Toot‘”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Cross and Babcary Meadows.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Barbara Voules, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of the Holy Cross in Babcary, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of the Holy Cross is situated 2,600 feet north of Wimble Toot.
Babcary Meadows
Nature reserve
Babcary Meadows is a 13.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Babcary in Somerset, notified in 1988. Babcary Meadows is one of the last remaining areas of traditionally managed unimproved neutral grassland in south Somerset and contains a rich variety of herbs.
Red Lion Inn
Pub
Photo: Steve Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Lion Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Wimble Toot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keinton Mandeville and West Lydford.
Keinton Mandeville
Village
Photo: Damon Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keinton Mandeville, commonly referred to as Keinton, is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on top of Combe Hill, 6 miles west of Castle Cary. Keinton Mandeville is situated 2 miles north of Wimble Toot.
West Lydford
Hamlet
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Lydford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lydford-on-Fosse in Somerset, England. The village is spread along a stretch of road called the High Street. West Lydford is situated 2½ miles north of Wimble Toot.
South Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Barrow is a village and civil parish approximately 2 miles north of Sparkford and 7 miles north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England. South Barrow is situated 2½ miles east of Wimble Toot.
Wimble Toot
- Categories: bowl barrow, motte, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Babcary, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wimble Toot” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wimble Toot”
- German: “Wimble Toot Castle”
- German: “Wimble Toot”
- Swedish: “Wimble Toot”
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