Withycombe Scruffets

Withycombe Scruffets is a locality in Withycombe, West Somerset District, England. Withycombe Scruffets is situated nearby to the locality Long Wood, as well as near Longcombe Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunster Castle and Rodhuish Common.

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 2 miles north of Withycombe Scruffets.

Rodhuish Common

Heath

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Rodhuish Common is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the county of Somerset, England. There is a small oval enclosure which is thought to be of Iron Age date.

Bat’s Castle

Archaeological site

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luxborough and Carhampton.

Luxborough

Village

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Luxborough is a small village and civil parish located some 6 miles south of Dunster, lying amongst the Brendon Hills and the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. Luxborough is situated 1½ miles south of Withycombe Scruffets.

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. Carhampton is situated 2 miles northeast of Withycombe Scruffets.

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. Dunster is situated 2 miles north of Withycombe Scruffets.

Withycombe Scruffets

Type: Locality
Location: Withycombe, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.15468° or 51° 9′ 17″ north

Longitude

-3.45226° or 3° 27′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C3R5G3X+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9797279239

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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