Black Ball Camp, Dunster

Name: Black Ball Camp
Address: Dunster, United Kingdom

#14 among attractions in Dunster

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Black Ball Camp is an Iron Age hill fort South West of Dunster, Somerset, England on the northern summit of Gallox Hill. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. ()

Coordinates: 51°10'27"N, 3°27'14"W

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Dunster United Kingdom

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Black Ball Camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dunster Castle, Luttrell Arms, Dunster Working Watermill, Gallox Bridge.

0.7 miNE
Historical place, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Dunster Castle, Dunster
18 min walk • Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period.
0.9 miNE
Nightlife
Luttrell Arms, Dunster
22 min walk • The Luttrell Arms in Dunster, Somerset, England was built in the late 15th century and is located in the centre of the medieval town of Dunster. The building has been designated as a Grade II* listed building since 22 May 1969. The original building has been enlarged over the years by addition of further wings. It is now used as a hotel.
0.7 miNE
Museum, Watermill
Dunster Working Watermill, Dunster
18 min walk • Dunster Working Watermill is a restored 18th century watermill, situated on the River Avill, close to Gallox Bridge, in the grounds of Dunster Castle in Dunster, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
0.5 miNE
Bridge
Gallox Bridge, Dunster
13 min walk • The Gallox Bridge in Dunster, Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. The bridge is in the guardianship of English Heritage.
0.7 miNE
Church
Priory Church of St George, Dunster
19 min walk • The Priory Church of St George in Dunster, Somerset, England, is predominantly 15th-century with evidence of 12th- and 13th-century work. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
0.8 miN
Historical place, Memorial
Dunster Butter Cross, Dunster
20 min walk • The Butter Cross in Dunster within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II* listed building and ancient monument. The cross was originally erected in the late 14th or early 15th century in the main street, and was moved to its current site in the late 18th or early 19th century.
0.8 miNE
Architecture, Memorial
Yarn Market, Dunster
21 min walk • The Yarn Market in Dunster, Somerset, England was built in the early 17th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument. Dunster was an important market place in the Middle Ages particularly following the construction of Dunster Castle and the establishment of the Priory Church of St George.
1 miNE
Historical place, Tower
Conygar Tower, Dunster
26 min walk • The Conygar Tower in Dunster, Somerset, England was built in 1775 and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. It is a circular, 3 storey folly tower built of red sandstone, situated on a hill overlooking the village.
0.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Bat's Castle, Exmoor National Park
11 min walk • Bats Castle is an Iron Age hill fort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. The site was identified in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350. It is on the highest point of Gallox Hill.
0.7 miNE
Architecture
Dunster Dovecote, Dunster
19 min walk • The Dovecote in Dunster, Somerset, England was probably built in the late 16th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
0.7 miNE
Monastery
Dunster Priory, Dunster
17 min walk • Dunster Priory was established as a Benedictine monastery around 1100 in Dunster, Somerset, England. The first church in Dunster was built by William de Mohun who gave the church and the tithes of several manors and two fisheries, to the Benedictine Abbey at Bath.

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Which popular attractions are close to Black Ball Camp?

Nearby attractions include Long Wood Enclosure, Exmoor National Park (10 min walk), Bat's Castle, Exmoor National Park (11 min walk), Gallox Bridge, Dunster (13 min walk), Grabbist Hillfort, Dunster (17 min walk).