Caput Montis

Caput Montis is a locality in Puriton, Sedgemoor District, England. Caput Montis is situated nearby to the hamlet Down End, as well as near Walpole.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton and Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett.

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton

Church

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The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Puriton, Somerset, England was constructed from local Blue Lias stone. It has an early 13th-century tower, with the remainder of the building dating from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett

Church

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The Church of St John the Baptist in Pawlett, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Norman church of St John the Baptist replaced an earlier Saxon structure and the church is thought to have been a popular station on medieval pilgrimages from Watchet to Glastonbury.

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

Photo: Ken Grainger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity at Chilton Trinity in the English county of Somerset was established in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 1½ miles southwest of Caput Montis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunball and Puriton.

Dunball

Hamlet

Dunball is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Just north of Dunball is Down End which is the site of Down End Castle a motte-and-bailey castle, which has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Puriton

Village

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Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.

Stretcholt

Hamlet

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Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stretcholt. The village has Roman or Saxon origins. Stretcholt is situated 2 miles northwest of Caput Montis.

Caput Montis

Type: Locality
Categories: archaeological site and historic site
Location: Puriton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.16724° or 51° 10′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.98933° or 2° 59′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C3V5286+V7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 537743596

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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