Circular walks from the village of Puriton

Some history of Puriton Hill
Circular walks from the
village of Puriton
During construction of the M5 a large
Roman Settlement was discovered at
Down End. Some of the artefacts found
were stone paving, a foundation wall,
pottery including Samian ware and some
colour-coated Mortaria (another type of
Roman pottery). Again at Down End six
limekilns, that were served by five draw
arches, and an unexplained structure
with vaulted chambers, were identified.
All formed part of a cement works set up
by John Board around 1844. This went
out of production in the 1980s.
In 1670 near Knowle Hall, Bawdrip, a
tessallated pavement was found. Coins
were also discovered of Trajan,
Domitian, Constantine 1, Helena,
Constans, Constantius. All these can be
seen in Blake Museum, Bridgwater.
The County Council, who own the woodland
alongside King’s Sedgemoor Drain, would
like to see the local community making
more use of this attractive route as a
permissive path has been established. It
links across Environment Agency owned
land along the river bank to the car park at
Crandon Bridge and under the M5 towards
Dunball.
For further information please contact:
Countryside & Coast Team
County Hall
Taunton TA1 4DY
0845 345 9188
countryside@somerset.gov.uk
A shorter walk of 4.3 km / 2.75 miles
takes you across the A39 and down a
field towards King’s Sedgemoor Drain.
A longer walk of 5 km / 3.25 miles takes
you across the motorway, via a
footbridge, through the village of Down
End, and back under the motorway
towards Crandon Bridge.
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