Bat’s Castle Settlement

Bat’s Castle Settlement is an archaeological site in Carhampton, West Somerset District, England. Bat’s Castle Settlement is situated nearby to the forest Withes Brake, as well as near Barley Field Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bat’s Castle and Dunster Castle.

Bat’s Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bats Castle is an Iron Age hillfort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. Though clearly shown on the 1902 Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, the site was "identified" in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350.

Dunster Castle

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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. Dunster Castle is situated 1 mile north of Bat’s Castle Settlement.

Dunster Dovecote

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The Dovecote in Dunster, Somerset, England was probably built in the late 16th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Monument. Dunster Dovecote is situated 1 mile north of Bat’s Castle Settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunster and Carhampton.

Dunster

Village

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Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton.

Carhampton

Village

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Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865.

Blue Anchor

Village

Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blue Anchor is a seaside village, in the parish of Old Cleeve, close to Carhampton in Somerset, England. The village takes its name from a 17th-century inn; the bay, Blue Anchor Bay, was previously known as Cleeve Bay. Blue Anchor is situated 2 miles east of Bat’s Castle Settlement.

Bat’s Castle Settlement

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Carhampton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.16934° or 51° 10′ 10″ north

Longitude

-3.44898° or 3° 26′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C3R5H92+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1209298117

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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