place

Church of All Saints, Merriott

Church of England church buildings in South SomersetGrade II* listed buildings in South SomersetGrade II* listed churches in Somerset
All Saints Merriot
All Saints Merriot

The Anglican Church of All Saints in Merriott, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Church of All Saints, Merriott (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Church of All Saints, Merriott
Sandy Hole,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Church of All Saints, MerriottContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 50.9124 ° E -2.7941 °
placeShow on map

Address

Sandy Hole
TA16 5QR
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

All Saints Merriot
All Saints Merriot
Share experience

Nearby Places

Lopen Roman Mosaic
Lopen Roman Mosaic

The Lopen Roman Mosaic is a Roman mosaic, probably from a Roman villa, in the village of Lopen, Somerset, England.It was discovered in 2001 by George Caton, who was operating a mechanical digger and noticed small cubes of coloured stone, which turned out to be part of the floor of an eight-roomed Roman villa and is the largest Roman mosaic so far discovered in Britain. Photogrammetry by English Heritage was followed by excavation led by the Somerset County Council archaeologist. They exposed and documented the mosaic in three weeks. It was then covered with sand and soil to preserve it. The work was recognised with the award of the Tarmac Finders Award (for non professionals) at the British Archaeological Awards in 2002. The stones used for the mosaic are Blue Lias from the surrounding hills. The fragments which were discovered in the surrounding soil were used to create a new mosaic, including a picture of a dolphin, using methods which would have been available in Roman times. It is now displayed in All Saints Church.A further mosaic was found in an adjoining room, which probably extended beyond the area excavated, which was about 4.5 metres square. The main mosaic is almost 7 metres square and has a complicated geometrical design, including some stylized figurative elements such as leaves, cups and dolphins. It was probably laid by a putative specialist workshop based at Cirencester, known as the "Saltire school" for their fondness for saltires in designs, which is seen here. The walls of these rooms were probably also painted on plaster, but no traces survive here. The suite probably functioned as a dining room