Roman villa N of Dunnock's Lane
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.92142, -2.64719
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Wren, Carrion Crow +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Meadow Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 26
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
PROW Y9/20public footpath · 578 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 578 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
South Somerset CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 26Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route246 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 246 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route686 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 686 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Placket Lanerestricted byway · 80 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 80 mPath type: track
Tarratt Lanebridleway · 699 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 699 mPath type: bridleway
Placket Lanerestricted byway · 810 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 810 mPath type: footway
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Wildlife to spot
19,730 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Magpie +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Hairy Shieldbug
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Black Medick · Common Ragwort · Red Clover · Common Couch · False Oat-grass +37
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Common CouchElymus repens
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Magpie +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Hairy Shieldbug
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Black Medick · Common Ragwort · Red Clover · Common Couch · False Oat-grass +37
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Common CouchElymus repens
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
