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Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel

England

List entry 1017290

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1017290

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

9.97 hectares

Grid reference

ST 45783 53002

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable established information in the scholarly record about a site in Somerset bearing the combination of characteristics you describe: Roman settlement, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel, with the specific NHLE reference 1017290. Rather than construct a description from uncertain sources, I must acknowledge that I cannot write with the factual precision your request requires. I would recommend consulting the official National Heritage List for England entry 1017290 directly, or contacting the relevant local heritage authority in Somerset, to obtain an accurate authoritative description of this monument.

Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017290. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel?

Who is responsible for protecting Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel?

Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel 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 1017290.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane (4.9 km), Village cross (5.5 km), Westbury village cross (6 km).

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Overview

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane

4.9 km

Village cross

5.5 km

Westbury village cross

6 km

Blackford Manor House Moat

7 km

Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm

7.1 km

Manor house at Mudgley

7.5 km

Bishop's palace

9.5 km

Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove

9.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel

Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Roman settlement site, Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal palace, and St Columbanus' Chapel

Glastonbury AbbeyArchaeological site · ~9.3 miles IlchesterRoman town · ~19.2 miles BathRoman town · ~19.5 miles Cadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~20.3 miles Battle of Sedgemoor 1685Battle (1685) · ~12.5 miles Battle of Langport 1645Battle (1645) · ~15.8 miles Battle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~19.6 miles Battle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.7 miles

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