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The Yarn Market is a historic market hall located in Dunster, Somerset, England. Built in the late sixteenth century, it served as a covered trading space for the sale of cloth and yarn, reflecting the importance of the textile trade to the local economy during the early modern period. The structure is constructed of stone and timber, featuring a ground floor of open arches that would have allowed traders to display and sell their goods whilst remaining sheltered from the weather. The building remains a notable example of functional medieval and early modern commercial architecture in southwest England.
The Yarn Market is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015706. View the official record →
The Yarn Market is a historic market hall located in Dunster, Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015706.
The Yarn Market 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 1015706.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Leather Barrow (8.3 km), Wiveliscombe Barrow (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 700m north east of Burrow Farm (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Yarn Market'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.
The Yarn Market stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.