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MuseumsSite Name: Avalon Marshes Visitor CentreCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.315 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Glastonbury Nearest Village: Shapwick
Map Ref: ST4260041300
Latitude: 51.168049N Longitude: 2.822349W
Condition:
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Couplands visited on 6th Jul 2025 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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It is recommended that visitors to the Sweet Track and Shapwick Heath park at the Avalon Marshes Centre and walk down to the nature reserve, it takes about 5 mins to the reserve entrance. See the map extract below for directions.
The Avalon Marshes Centre has a craft shop, a cafe, local information, toilets and a large car park. Look out for the brown direction signs. It is linked to Glastonbury by a mainly traffic free cycleway which runs through two of the reserves.
Various archaeological reconstructions are underway at the Avalon Marshes Centre. A Roman period structure with underfloor heating. A timber-framed Saxon Longhall, the aforementioned prehistoric trackways, dugout canoes and furnishings to make the buildings come alive.
Avalon Marshes Centre
Shapwick Road, Westhay
Glastonbury, BA6 9TT
Email - [email protected]
Phone - 01458 860556
Official Web Site, and see also the Avalon Marshes Hands on Heritage blog (Archaeology and Experiments on the Somerset Levels)
New reconstructions of the Sweet Track and Meare Heath Trackway.
The marshes are a network of wetlands of international importance for wildlife and archaeology. The remains of Iron Age houses lie under bumps in fields near Glastonbury, while an ancient log boat, pelicans’ bones and prehistoric wood and hurdle roads still lie in the peat.
Note: Neolithic trackway discovered by archaeologists at Honeygar Farm in Westhay, details in the comments on our page, the photo here is of a reconstruction
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