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Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm is a fragmentary remains of a collegiate foundation located in Somerset. The site represents the physical footprint of a secular college, a form of religious institution common in medieval England where a community of clergy were endowed to conduct services and prayers. The surviving archaeological evidence indicates occupation and use during the medieval period, though the precise dates of foundation and dissolution require reference to detailed scholarly documentation of the site. The monument's designation reflects its significance as evidence of medieval collegiate organisation and piety in the Somerset landscape.
Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020665. View the official record →
Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm is a fragmentary remains of a collegiate foundation located in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020665.
Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020665.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hamdon Hill camp (1.1 km), Montacute Castle: a motte and bailey castle on St Michael's Hill. (2.1 km), Site of a Cluniac priory immediately east of Abbey Farm (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval secular college at Parsonage Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.