Burton Pynsent Monument

#2427 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Facts and practical information

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