Thorny Down

Thorny Down is a building in Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane District, England. Thorny Down is situated near the forest Ollery Wood, as well as near the deciduous forest Longlands Copse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Church of St Mary and King’s Castle.

Church of St Mary

Church

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The Anglican Church of St Mary in Brompton Ralph, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Mary is situated 1¼ miles north of Thorny Down.

King's Castle is an Iron Age Hillfort 1 kilometre east of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, England. It is surrounded by two banks with a ditch between them. The inner wall ranges up to 2.5 metres high and the outer wall gets up to 1.5 metres high. King’s Castle is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Thorny Down.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1½ miles northeast of Thorny Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brompton Ralph and Tolland.

Brompton Ralph

Village

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Brompton Ralph is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 11 miles west of Taunton, and 3 miles north of Wiveliscombe. It is in a wooded district at the eastern extremity of the Brendon Hills.

Tolland

Hamlet

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Tolland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles north west of Taunton, between the Brendon Hills and Quantock Hills. The parish has a population of 81.

Wiveliscombe

Town

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wiveliscombe is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies 9 miles west of Taunton, its post town. The town is centred on The Square, which held the former market and is fronted by several listed buildings. Wiveliscombe is situated 1½ miles south of Thorny Down.

Thorny Down

Type: Agricultural structure
Categories: building and agriculture
Location: Wiveliscombe, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.06373° or 51° 3′ 49″ north

Longitude

-3.30261° or 3° 18′ 9″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C3R3M7W+FX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 627863773

OpenStreetMap feature

building=farm_auxiliary

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ollery Wood and Longlands Copse.

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