Bishop's palace (Wookey)

United Kingdom / England / Wells / Wookey
 protected area, earthwork (archaeology), scheduled ancient monument
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The marked area has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by English Heritage
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The monument includes the earthwork remains of a medieval bishop's palace and grounds, where these have not been affected by modern development. These lie mainly within but partly adjacent to a large moated enclosure on low lying land in a loop of the River Axe. The only upstanding building of the period, in the area of the scheduling, is now a farmhouse, which is Listed Grade II*. The site was the subject of a survey by the Wookey Local History Group in 1992-3. The palace stood in the northern part of its grounds, where the farmhouse stands today
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Coordinates:   51°12'28"N   2°41'29"W
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