Meare Lake Villages, Somerset

Meare Lake Villages are two Iron Age settlements on the Somerset Levels near Meare, Somerset. The two villages, occupied at different periods, were built on a morass on an artificial foundation of timber filled with brushwood, bracken, rubble and clay. The Meare villages were discovered in 1895. The site is within the council area of Somerset.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1006160.

Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Somerset
Lat, Long: 51.176201,-2.7956434
Grid Reference: ST 4447 4218
Civil Parish: Meare CP
Council Area: Somerset CA
Police Area: Avon and Somerset PA

GBPN ID: 302822
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Meare_Lake_Villages,_Somerset_302822

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