<< Text Pages >> King's Castle (Wells) - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Somerset
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Multi-periodSite Name: King''s Castle (Wells)Country: England County: Somerset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Wells
Map Ref: ST568456
Latitude: 51.207964N Longitude: 2.619786W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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King's Castle is on a hill to the east of Wells. It is a small fortified settlement thought to be for only one family.
The holed stone at Wells and Mendip Museum originated near here:
Standing stone, west of Kings Castle, Wells:
ST 5653 4562 (ST 54 NE)
On Modern Antiquarian our own 'Hamish' says:
This is found in front of Wells Museum, it was brought from Tor hill in the east of Wells where it was being used as a gate post. It is a Hoker stone, people pledge oaths by joining hands through the hole.
Rhiannon on Modern Antiquarian says:
The Somerset Historic Environment record suggests the stone was originally at ST 5653 4562, at the foot of King's Castle hill. Also that in its new? or long-adopted? guise as Hoker Stone it stood on the green outside Well's cathedral. Couldn't people be bothered to walk all that way to seal their bargains? Or was it intentionally brought nearer the cathedral where any dubious goings-on could be quashed? Does anyone know when it was moved?
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