List of scheduled monuments in Mendip
Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. The Mendip district covers a largely rural area of ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 110,000. The administrative centre of the district is Shepton Mallet but the largest town is Frome.
A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; Historic England takes the leading role in identifying such sites. The legislation governing this is the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The term "monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites, and they are not always visible above ground. Such sites have to have been deliberately constructed by human activity. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars or the Cold War.
There are 234 scheduled monuments in Mendip. These include a large number of bowl and round barrows and other neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age tumuli such as the Priddy Circles and Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries. There are also several Iron Age hill forts on the hill tops and lake villages on the lowlands such as Meare and Glastonbury Lake Villages. The lake villages were often connected by timber trackways such as the Sweet Track. There are several Roman sites particularly around the Charterhouse Roman Town and lead mining. Some later coal mining sites are also included in the list.
Two major religious sites in Mendip at Glastonbury Abbey and Wells Cathedral and their precincts and dispersed residences, tithe barns and The Abbot's Fish House, are included in the list. Prehistoric defensive features such as Ponter's Ball Dyke were supplemented in the medieval period by motte-and-bailey castles such as Farleigh Hungerford, Nunney and Fenny Castle. Commercial and industrial development is represented by the Old Iron Works at Mells and various market crosses. The most recent site on the list is a World War II bombing decoy complex and anti-aircraft obstructions, which were built in 1940, on Black Down, the highest point of the Mendip Hills. The monuments are listed below using the titles given in the Historic England data sheets.
Monuments
! scope="row" class="fn org" | An area of the Romano-British linear village at Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet! scope="row" class="fn org" | Ashen Hill barrow cemetery: a group of eight round barrows 500 m southeast of Harptree Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Badger Hole, Wookey
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Barrow, 350 m east of Harptree Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Beckery Chapel and cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bell barrow south of Blackwell Tyning Plantation
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bishop's palace
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bishop's Palace ruined portions, walls and well house
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bishop's tithe barn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bolter's Bridge, Hornblotton
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 20 m northwest of Whitestown Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 70 m east of Barrow House Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 70 m northeast of King Down Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 70 m northwest of Hill View
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 70 m west of Rowberrow Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 90 m northeast of Hill View
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 100 m north east of Home Farm Cottage
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 120 m north west of Burnt Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 130 m west of St Lawrence's Church
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 150 m north east of Victoria Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 150 m southwest of King Down Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 170 m south-east of Hunter's Lodge Inn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 180 m southwest of Yoxter Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 180 m west of Ubley Warren Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 220 m south west of Ubley Hill Farmhouse
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 230 m north west of Hunter's Lodge Inn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 250 m northeast of King Down Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 250 m north west of Victoria Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 250 m south east of Redhill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 250 m west of Starve Lark Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 260 m east of Templedown Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 280 m south east of Ubley Hill Farmhouse
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 300 m north of Hazel Manor
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 300 m north east of Whitnell Corner
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 300 m south west of Harptree Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 300 m southwest of Moor View
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 300 m west of Newlands Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 310 m southeast of Eastwater Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 320 m east of Lodmore Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 330 m north of Stoke Woods
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 340 m east of Templedown Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 340 m north-east of Wellington Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 350 m northeast of Cheddar Head Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 350 m northwest of Fernhill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 350 m north west of Harptree Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 365 m south west of Ubley Warren Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 370 m east of Ubley Hill Farmhouse
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 380 m south east of Southfield Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 380 m south east of Beechbarrow
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 390 m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 390 m northwest of Fernhill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 400 m north of Stoke Woods
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 400 m north-west of Starve Lark Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 400 m south of Rookham
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 400 m southwest of Moor View
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 410 m northeast of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 420 m east of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 420 m north of Stoke Woods
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 430 m north of Whitnell Corner
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 430 m north east of Stoke Woods
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 430 m northwest of King Down Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 430 m southwest of King Down Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 435 m north west of Ivy Cottage
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 450 m east of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 450 m north west of Harptree Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 450 m south-east of Red Quar Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 450 m southwest of Fernhill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow, 455 m west of Brimble Pit Pool
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 460 m east of Charterhouse Warren Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 470 m south east of Southfield Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 490 m north west of Pen Hill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 500 m north of East Water
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 510 m south east of Lodmore Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 520 m south-east of Red Quar Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow, 540 m west of Brimble Pit Pool
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 550 m south of Bristol Plain Farm: part of a linear round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 550 m southwest of Nordrach
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 550 m south east of Southfield Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 550 m south east of Brimble Pit Pool: one of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 570 m south east of Lodmore Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 570 m south east of Southfield Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 570 m west of Newlands Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 590 m south-east of Charterhouse Warren Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 600 m east of Priddy Hill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 600 m north of Rookham Plantation
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 610 m northwest of Whitestown Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 650 m northeast of Higher Pitts Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 700 m south of Bristol Plain Farm: part of a linear round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 730 m southeast of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 750 m southwest of Dale Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 760 m southeast of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 770 m south of Townsend Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 800 m south of Townsend Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 810 m southeast of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 820 m south of Bristol Plain Farm: part of a linear round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 850 m south of Bristol Plain Farm: part of a linear round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 850 m south of Townsend Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 850 m southeast of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 870 m southwest of Charterhouse Warren Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 870 m southwest of Dale Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow 900 m south west of Bristol Plain Farm: part of a group of round barrows south and south west of Bristol Plain Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow in the garden of Beechbarrow
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bowl barrow on Stock Hill: part of the Stock Hill round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Bracelet Cave
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Browne's Gate
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Brownes' Hole
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Burial chamber (remains of), Murtry Hill, Orchardleigh Park
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Camp 600 yd (548 m) E of Charterhouse
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Charterhouse lead works
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Circular earthwork and barrows on Beacon Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Deserted medieval hamlet E of Draycott
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Deserted medieval farmstead and field system NW of Ebbor Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Deserted medieval site SW of Tytherington Bridge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Deserted medieval site W of Lower Batch Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Disc barrow 610 m northeast of Drove Cottage
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Dovecote 220 m north of St Philip and St James's Church
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Drying house at The Coach House, Willow Vale
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Duck decoy 1 km south east of Manor Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Duck decoy, 590 m south west of Rice Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Duck decoy, 820 m SSW of Little Huckham Farm: the western of three decoys on Walton Moor
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Duck decoy, 950 m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood Lane
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Duck decoy in Sharpham Park, 600 m south west of Avalon Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Earthwork N of Stubbs Wood, Merehead
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Earthworks S of Tadhill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Farleigh Hungerford Castle
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Fenny Castle: a motte and bailey castle
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Fenny Castle Cross: a medieval wayside cross 20 m north west of Castle Farm, Castle
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Five bowl barrows 500 m north west of Cuckoo Cleeves: part of the Stock Hill round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Four round barrows SE of Miners' Arms Inn, Chewton Rabbit Warren
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210 m south east of Wadbury
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Glastonbury Abbey
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Glastonbury Lake Village
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Group of round barrows 750 m north west of Ivy Cottage
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Group of seven round barrows 380 m east of East Water Drove (Part of Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery)
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Group of three bowl barrows and one long barrow 90 m northeast of Barrow House Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Hales Castle: a ringwork and associated earthworks on Coles Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Henge 370 m north east of Drove Cottage
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Hillfort at Fox Covert, 550 m north east of Lamyatt Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Hillfort on Roddenbury Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Kingsdown camp, Mells Down
! scope="row" class="fn org" | King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Lake villages NW of Oxenpill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Lime Kiln Hill Quarry Cave
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Linear barrow cemetery comprising six bowl barrows 510 m south west of Townsend Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Long barrow 180 m north of Lime House
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Long barrow 230 m east of Chewton Plot
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Long barrow 370 m south-south-east of Castle Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Long barrow and bowl barrow 430 m north west of the Mendip Nature Research Station
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Long barrow 600 m east north east of Brimble Pit Pool
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Long barrow, round barrow and cairn on Pen Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Maesbury Castle small multivallate hillfort
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Market cross in the market place
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Marston Moat
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Medieval and post-medieval coal mining remains in Harridge Wood and Edford Wood South
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Medieval coal mining remains immediately south of Benter Cross
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Medieval wayside cross at Bodden
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Medieval standing cross 50 m west of St Peter's Church
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Medieval standing cross 80 m south of St Mary's Church
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Moated manor house site, Spargrove Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Murtry Old Bridge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Nunney Castle
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Outlook Cave
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Pair of bowl barrows 350 m NNE of Whitnell Corner
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Pair of bowl barrows 405 m east of East Water Drove (Part of Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery)
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Pair of bowl barrows 640 m south of Bristol Plain Farm: part of a linear round barrow cemetery
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Part of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Magdalene Street
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Ponter's Ball linear earthwork
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Priddy Circle and barrow cemetery 400 m north of Castle of Comfort Inn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Priddy Glebe Barrow: a bowl barrow 25 m north of St. Lawrence's Church
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Rhinoceros Hole, Wookey
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Rode Bridge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman amphitheatre 1/2 mile (800 m) N of Charterhouse
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman building 270 m north east of Priddy church
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman building 600 yd SW of Lower Sutton Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman building at Lamyatt Beacon, Creech Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman settlement at Town Field
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Romano-British settlement on Stoke Moor
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman villa complex, 330 m south-west of St Algar's Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman villa NW of Port Way
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Roman villa NW of Two Acre Plantation
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Round barrow cemetery 470 m and 400 m north of Pen Hill Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Round barrow 1435 m SE of Miners' Arms Inn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Round barrow in Beacon Plantation
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Round barrow on Beacon Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Round barrows in and near Wright's Piece
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Round barrows SW of Cleeve's Plantation
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Rowberrow: a bowl barrow 40 m north of Hill View
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Savory's Hole
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Section of medieval road, south of Pomparles Bridge, north of Street
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Section of the Abbot's Way trackway, 500 m WSW of Honeygar Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240 m south west of Sunnyside Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 250 m ESE of Station House
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Small Down Knoll camp
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Small multivallate promontory fort on Blacker's Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | St Cuthbert's and Chewton lead mines and Fair Lady Well
! scope="row" class="fn org" | St Michael's Church, monastic remains, and other settlement remains on Glastonbury Tor
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Stow Barrow : a bowl barrow 700 m southwest of Haydon Grange Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Tedbury Camp
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The Abbey Barn at Abbey Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The Abbot's Fish House and fishponds
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The Devil's Bed and Bolster long barrow
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The easternmost of three duck decoys on Walton Moor
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The Falconry, Farleigh Hungerford
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The tithe barn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Tithe Barn, Pilton
! scope="row" class="fn org" | The Tribunal
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Three bowl barrows at Green Ore, two 150 m south east and one 420 m south west of Newlands Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Three bowl barrows 400 m north west of Haydon Hut
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Three bowl barrows in Big Plantation, 690 m south west of Beechbarrow
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Three of the Priddy Circles and one barrow, 400 m west of Castle Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Timber trackway site, 700 m west of Honeygar Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Tinney's trackways, west of Sharpham Bridge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 370 m east of Clover Farm: part of a group of round barrows west of Cranmore railway station
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two bowl barrows 350 m south of Brimble Pit Pool: part of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two bowl barrows 550 m south west of Haydon House
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two bowl barrows 850 m south east of Brimble Pit Pool: part of a group of round barrows north and east of Foxhills Wood
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two bowl barrows on Barren Down, 250 m north west of Princes Lodge
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two round barrows on Beacon Hill
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two round barrows SE of Castle of Comfort Inn
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Two round barrows 600 yd ENE of Green Ore
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Vobster Breach colliery, 890 m ENE of Tweed Farm
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Wadbury Camp
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Westbury Beacon, a bell barrow 720 m west of Brimble Pit Pool
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Westbury Camp, slight univallate hillfort, 750 m north of Stokewood Cottage
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Westbury village cross
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Whatley Combe Roman villa
! scope="row" class="fn org" | Witham Priory
! scope="row" class="fn org" | World War II bombing decoy complex, anti-aircraft obstructions and Beacon Batch round barrow cemetery on Black Down