Quantock Land & Lore
@quantocklandlore.bsky.social
Exploring the landscape & folklore of the Quantock Hills for a future publication.
#quantocks #dragons #holywells #folklore #murder #history #books #ancient #woodland #toponym #somerset #cartography #maps #bibliophile #heritage #author #explorer
#quantocks #dragons #holywells #folklore #murder #history #books #ancient #woodland #toponym #somerset #cartography #maps #bibliophile #heritage #author #explorer
Tried to church crawl St Peter & St Paul in Over Stowey recently but it was locked. The graveyard over the the road was interesting too.
March 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Tried to church crawl St Peter & St Paul in Over Stowey recently but it was locked. The graveyard over the the road was interesting too.
4/4 and hidden history in every corner
February 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
4/4 and hidden history in every corner
2/4 including some intricately carved #stonework
February 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
2/4 including some intricately carved #stonework
1/4 Did a lot of valuable exploring this weekend.
First up was this wonderful #churchcrawling experience at St Mary’s Church, Stogumber
First up was this wonderful #churchcrawling experience at St Mary’s Church, Stogumber
February 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
1/4 Did a lot of valuable exploring this weekend.
First up was this wonderful #churchcrawling experience at St Mary’s Church, Stogumber
First up was this wonderful #churchcrawling experience at St Mary’s Church, Stogumber
Riding up top takes me to the best Quantock views, first across from Higher Hare Knap across to Dowsborough Hill Fort, which I was in the shadows of an hour prior and after interacting with the locals, views from the Cairn across to the Holford Memorial Trees & to each side many northern Combes
January 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Riding up top takes me to the best Quantock views, first across from Higher Hare Knap across to Dowsborough Hill Fort, which I was in the shadows of an hour prior and after interacting with the locals, views from the Cairn across to the Holford Memorial Trees & to each side many northern Combes
Retracing my steps back up to the Quantock Greenway leads to Five Lord’s Bench
January 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Retracing my steps back up to the Quantock Greenway leads to Five Lord’s Bench
These boundary banks are a named meeting point of three parish boundaries.
January 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These boundary banks are a named meeting point of three parish boundaries.
Next stop after climbing Holford Edge was Knackers Hole. A spring that starts as a soggy area in high ground below Dowsborough Hillfort which loses and issues building to a stream that is culverted under the A39 near No Man’s Land.
January 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Next stop after climbing Holford Edge was Knackers Hole. A spring that starts as a soggy area in high ground below Dowsborough Hillfort which loses and issues building to a stream that is culverted under the A39 near No Man’s Land.
Beating The Bounds
One train of investigation is tracing what is at named Parish boundary points. I visited a hit list of these today, along with checking in on some other spots to see if seasonal changes reveal more.
First stop the refurb of Hayman’s Pond which fed the Tannery in Holford combe.
One train of investigation is tracing what is at named Parish boundary points. I visited a hit list of these today, along with checking in on some other spots to see if seasonal changes reveal more.
First stop the refurb of Hayman’s Pond which fed the Tannery in Holford combe.
January 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Beating The Bounds
One train of investigation is tracing what is at named Parish boundary points. I visited a hit list of these today, along with checking in on some other spots to see if seasonal changes reveal more.
First stop the refurb of Hayman’s Pond which fed the Tannery in Holford combe.
One train of investigation is tracing what is at named Parish boundary points. I visited a hit list of these today, along with checking in on some other spots to see if seasonal changes reveal more.
First stop the refurb of Hayman’s Pond which fed the Tannery in Holford combe.
A few more.
January 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A few more.
Halsgrove’s Community Histories series are a wonderful collection of local history combined with old photos.
Sadly the Nether Stowey book marked as forthcoming never happened.
Local Cllr Ken Lee who was working on it in 2001 passed in 2021.
Sadly the Nether Stowey book marked as forthcoming never happened.
Local Cllr Ken Lee who was working on it in 2001 passed in 2021.
January 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Halsgrove’s Community Histories series are a wonderful collection of local history combined with old photos.
Sadly the Nether Stowey book marked as forthcoming never happened.
Local Cllr Ken Lee who was working on it in 2001 passed in 2021.
Sadly the Nether Stowey book marked as forthcoming never happened.
Local Cllr Ken Lee who was working on it in 2001 passed in 2021.
Hard to find, but well worth the hunt.
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
January 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hard to find, but well worth the hunt.
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
“I hope a modicum of Quantock legends will long survive unscathed to continue to add their colour to it’s landscape."
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
#FolkloreFriday #FolkyFriday
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
#FolkloreFriday #FolkyFriday
January 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“I hope a modicum of Quantock legends will long survive unscathed to continue to add their colour to it’s landscape."
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
#FolkloreFriday #FolkyFriday
Peter Haggett - The Quantocks: Biography of an English Region (2012)
#FolkloreFriday #FolkyFriday
More external views
December 31, 2024 at 6:30 PM
More external views
Half the bench ends on each side are carved
December 31, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Half the bench ends on each side are carved
Windows & Parish Chest
December 31, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Windows & Parish Chest
The Church of The Virgin Mary aka St. Mary The Virgin in Holford. Finally got around to #churchcrawling this lovely gem.
December 31, 2024 at 6:27 PM
The Church of The Virgin Mary aka St. Mary The Virgin in Holford. Finally got around to #churchcrawling this lovely gem.
Scrutiny like this affects the legacy of friends & associates like Katharine Briggs, former President of the Folklore Society.
Modern author Jeremy Harte is among those who have written detailed articles on RLT's methods.
I will frame my discussion in a wholly Quantock context.
#FolkyFriday
Modern author Jeremy Harte is among those who have written detailed articles on RLT's methods.
I will frame my discussion in a wholly Quantock context.
#FolkyFriday
December 20, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Scrutiny like this affects the legacy of friends & associates like Katharine Briggs, former President of the Folklore Society.
Modern author Jeremy Harte is among those who have written detailed articles on RLT's methods.
I will frame my discussion in a wholly Quantock context.
#FolkyFriday
Modern author Jeremy Harte is among those who have written detailed articles on RLT's methods.
I will frame my discussion in a wholly Quantock context.
#FolkyFriday
The most famous Quantock "Folklorist" is the enigmatic & problematic figure Ruth Lyndall Tongue (1898-1981)
Like other later writers, I can tell I'm working closely with the same original sources & can connect them to dissect her fabrications & embellishments.
#FolkloreFriday
Like other later writers, I can tell I'm working closely with the same original sources & can connect them to dissect her fabrications & embellishments.
#FolkloreFriday
December 20, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The most famous Quantock "Folklorist" is the enigmatic & problematic figure Ruth Lyndall Tongue (1898-1981)
Like other later writers, I can tell I'm working closely with the same original sources & can connect them to dissect her fabrications & embellishments.
#FolkloreFriday
Like other later writers, I can tell I'm working closely with the same original sources & can connect them to dissect her fabrications & embellishments.
#FolkloreFriday
Grew up in North Taunton & visit family there weekly so it never seems to be a priority. Saving myself up for a big visit to the archive in Norton too.
St. Decumans & Holford are on my list. Did Crowcombe and Stogursey recently.
Found this via google images, can't remember if I'd already seen it.
St. Decumans & Holford are on my list. Did Crowcombe and Stogursey recently.
Found this via google images, can't remember if I'd already seen it.
December 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Grew up in North Taunton & visit family there weekly so it never seems to be a priority. Saving myself up for a big visit to the archive in Norton too.
St. Decumans & Holford are on my list. Did Crowcombe and Stogursey recently.
Found this via google images, can't remember if I'd already seen it.
St. Decumans & Holford are on my list. Did Crowcombe and Stogursey recently.
Found this via google images, can't remember if I'd already seen it.
Some Quantock #LIDAR items for #HillfortsWednesday
Dowsborough (Danesborough) Hill Fort,
Ruborough Camp,
Plainsfield (Cockercombe) Camp,
(Nether) Stowey Castle,
Cannington Camp (Cynwit Castle),
Norton (Fitzwarren) Camp Hill Fort,
The Trendle Ring.
(Inspired from a post by @mikegill.bsky.social)
Dowsborough (Danesborough) Hill Fort,
Ruborough Camp,
Plainsfield (Cockercombe) Camp,
(Nether) Stowey Castle,
Cannington Camp (Cynwit Castle),
Norton (Fitzwarren) Camp Hill Fort,
The Trendle Ring.
(Inspired from a post by @mikegill.bsky.social)
December 11, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Some Quantock #LIDAR items for #HillfortsWednesday
Dowsborough (Danesborough) Hill Fort,
Ruborough Camp,
Plainsfield (Cockercombe) Camp,
(Nether) Stowey Castle,
Cannington Camp (Cynwit Castle),
Norton (Fitzwarren) Camp Hill Fort,
The Trendle Ring.
(Inspired from a post by @mikegill.bsky.social)
Dowsborough (Danesborough) Hill Fort,
Ruborough Camp,
Plainsfield (Cockercombe) Camp,
(Nether) Stowey Castle,
Cannington Camp (Cynwit Castle),
Norton (Fitzwarren) Camp Hill Fort,
The Trendle Ring.
(Inspired from a post by @mikegill.bsky.social)
A find today means I can drop a new quadriptych of Quantock related books.
Usually these are found for sale, or view, when church crawling.
Often there are nuggets of folklore & stories related to artefacts, like carved bench ends or the Icthyosaur in the floor of Stogursey’s North Transept.
Usually these are found for sale, or view, when church crawling.
Often there are nuggets of folklore & stories related to artefacts, like carved bench ends or the Icthyosaur in the floor of Stogursey’s North Transept.
December 7, 2024 at 5:48 PM
A find today means I can drop a new quadriptych of Quantock related books.
Usually these are found for sale, or view, when church crawling.
Often there are nuggets of folklore & stories related to artefacts, like carved bench ends or the Icthyosaur in the floor of Stogursey’s North Transept.
Usually these are found for sale, or view, when church crawling.
Often there are nuggets of folklore & stories related to artefacts, like carved bench ends or the Icthyosaur in the floor of Stogursey’s North Transept.
Modern mapping keeps GPS traces I've made over the past 10 years relevant & enables me to look at past explorations in a new light.
Curiously, Longstone Hill is named after a diminutive stone on it's northern side often hidden by gorse taller than itself.
With GPS anyone can find The Long Stone!
Curiously, Longstone Hill is named after a diminutive stone on it's northern side often hidden by gorse taller than itself.
With GPS anyone can find The Long Stone!
December 5, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Modern mapping keeps GPS traces I've made over the past 10 years relevant & enables me to look at past explorations in a new light.
Curiously, Longstone Hill is named after a diminutive stone on it's northern side often hidden by gorse taller than itself.
With GPS anyone can find The Long Stone!
Curiously, Longstone Hill is named after a diminutive stone on it's northern side often hidden by gorse taller than itself.
With GPS anyone can find The Long Stone!