Burton Pynsent Monument

#2427 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. ()

Built: 1767 (257 years ago)Coordinates: 51°1'21"N, 2°53'24"W

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Burton Pynsent Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Andrew's Church, Burton Pynsent House, St Catherine, West Sedgemoor.

1 miE
Church
St Andrew's Church, Curry Rivel
25 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.
0.4 miSW
Park
Burton Pynsent House
12 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.
1.1 miSW
Church
St Catherine
28 min walk • The Church of St Catherine in Swell Lane, Fivehead, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It has a three-bay nave and two bay chancel. The vane is supported by buttresses. The door in the south porch has a Norman, Romanesque chevron arch. The six bells were restored in 2007.
1.1 miW
National park
West Sedgemoor
28 min walk • West Sedgemoor or West Sedge Moor is an area of the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England, around 8 miles east of Taunton, which approximately coincides with the West Sedgemoor biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, a 1,016 hectare site notified as an SSSI in 1983.

Burton Pynsent Monument

Facts and practical information

Burton Pynsent Monument – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

St Andrew's Church, Curry Rivel

Burton Pynsent House

St Catherine

West Sedgemoor