Balt Moor Wall, Tealham and Tadham Moors

Name: Balt Moor Wall
Address: Tealham and Tadham Moors, United Kingdom

#10 among attractions in Tealham and Tadham Moors

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Balt Moor Wall, Tealham and Tadham Moors

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Balt Moor Wall is an earthwork and listed scheduled ancient monument in Lyng, Somerset, England, situated on the Somerset Levels to the northwest of the River Tone. The site contains the remains of a section of medieval causeway, which now forms a raised embankment between 6 metres and 10 metres wide and up to 2 metres high. ()

Coordinates: 51°3'27"N, 2°56'44"W

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Tealham and Tadham Moors United Kingdom

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Balt Moor Wall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burrow Mump, Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum, Church of the Holy Cross, Church of St Peter & St Paul.

1.6 miNE
Historical place, View point, Ruins
Burrow Mump, Bridgwater
40 min walk • Burrow Mump is a hill and historic site overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of Burrowbridge within the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument, with the ruined church on top of the hill a Grade II listed building.
2.3 miN
History museum, Specialty museum, Museum
Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum, Bridgwater
59 min walk • The Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum of Steam Power and Land Drainage is a small industrial heritage museum dedicated to steam powered machinery at Westonzoyland in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.4 miNE
Church
Church of the Holy Cross
86 min walk • The Church of the Holy Cross in Middlezoy, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. William of Bitton II was the rector by 20 April 1263. From the 13th to early 16th century, when it became a separate parish, Middlezoy was a chapelry of Sowy parish.
2.5 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter & St Paul
64 min walk • The Church of St Peter & St Paul in North Curry, Somerset, England, is nicknamed ‘The Cathedral of the Moors’. It dates from the 14th century and has been designated a Grade I listed building.
3.9 miNW
Church
Church of St Mary, North Petherton
99 min walk • The Church of St Mary in North Petherton, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. It is on the Heritage at Risk Register due to the condition of the roof and north aisle parapet.
0.5 miE
Monastery
Athelney Abbey
13 min walk • Athelney Abbey, established in the county of Somerset, England, was founded by King Alfred in 888, as a religious house for monks of the Order of St. Benedict. It was dedicated to "Our Blessed Saviour, St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Egelwine".
4.1 miSE
Church
St Andrew's Church, Curry Rivel
104 min walk • The Church of St Andrew in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and is designated as a Grade I listed building. It was included in Simon Jenkins England's Thousand Best Churches.
3.4 miSE
Museum, Memorial
Burton Pynsent Monument
88 min walk • The 140 feet Burton Pynsent Monument on Troy Hill at Burton Pynsent, within the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, was built in 1767 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
3.5 miSE
Park
Burton Pynsent House
90 min walk • Burton Pynsent House is a historic country-house in the parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.4 miSE
Church
Church of St Gregory
35 min walk • The Church of St Gregory Stoke St Gregory, is a Church of England parish church in Somerset, England. Its parish is part of the Athelney Benefice, along with the parishes of St Michael, Burrowbridge, St Bartholomew, Lyng and SS Peter and Paul, North Curry.
4 miS
Church
Church of St Martin
102 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Martin in Fivehead, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church built of Hamstone includes a three-bay nave, chancel, south aisle and porch, and a west tower. The three-stage tower dates from around 1505.