Drove Cottage Henge
Drove Cottage Henge is a scheduled monument in the Priddy parish of Somerset, England. It is located 370 metres north of Drove Cottage. The site is a ceremonial Neolithic location.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Residential area
- Description: henge in Priddy, Mendip, England, UK
- Also known as: “Drove Cottage”, “Henge 370m north east of Drove Cottage”, and “Hunter’s Lodge Henge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pen Hill and Hunter’s Hole.
Pen Hill
Peak
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pen Hill forms part of the Mendip Hills plateau in Somerset, England. The hill is located in St Cuthbert Out civil parish. The name Pen is believed to be Celtic for hill or tor.
Hunter’s Hole
Cave
Hunter's Hole is a cave in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is behind a pub, known as the Hunters Lodge Inn just outside Priddy where visitors can park. Hunter’s Hole is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Drove Cottage Henge.
St Cuthbert’s Swallet
Cave
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Cuthbert's Swallet is the second longest, and most complex, cave on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It forms a major part of the Priddy Caves system and water entering this swallet re-emerges at Wookey Hole. St Cuthbert’s Swallet is situated 1 mile northwest of Drove Cottage Henge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wookey Hole and Priddy.
Wookey Hole
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wookey Hole is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the Wookey Hole show caves. Wookey Hole is situated 2 miles southwest of Drove Cottage Henge.
Priddy
Village
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and 4 miles north-west of Wells. The village lies in a small hollow near the summit of the Mendip range of hills, at an elevation of 260 metres above sea-level, and has evidence of occupation since Neolithic times. Priddy is situated 2 miles northwest of Drove Cottage Henge.
Horrington
Village
Photo: Mdpclark, Public domain.
Horrington is a collection of three small villages in the parish of St Cuthbert Out 1 mile or 2 miles east of Wells, Somerset, England. South Horrington is a relatively new village created in the late 1990s from the defunct Mendip Hospital that was closed in 1991. Horrington is situated 2 miles southeast of Drove Cottage Henge.
Drove Cottage Henge
- Category: henge
- Location: St Cuthbert Out, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.24308° or 51° 14′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.63639° or 2° 38′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C3V69V7+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 1008053863OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q5308650
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Drove Cottage Henge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cuckoo Cleeves (cave) and Mendip transmitting station.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Bakrow Rake Farm and Rookham House.
Somerset: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Bristol, Bath, Wells, and Taunton.
Curious Residential Areas to Discover
Uncover intriguing residential areas from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Drove Cottage Henge”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.