Some history of Puriton Hill Circular walks from the During construction of the M5 a large Roman Settlement was discovered at village of Puriton Down End. Some of the artefacts found were stone paving, a foundation wall, pottery including Samian ware and some colour-coated Mortaria (another type of Roman pottery). Again at Down End six limekilns, that were served by five draw arches, and an unexplained structure with vaulted chambers, were identified. All formed part of a cement works set up by John Board around 1844. This went out of production in the 1980s. In 1670 near Knowle Hall, Bawdrip, a tessallated pavement was found. Coins were also discovered of Trajan, Domitian, Constantine 1, Helena, Constans, Constantius. All these can be The County Council, who own the woodland seen in Blake Museum, Bridgwater. alongside King’s Sedgemoor Drain, would like to see the local community making more use of this attractive route as a A shorter walk of 4.3 km / 2.75 miles permissive path has been established. It takes you across the A39 and down a links across Environment Agency owned field towards King’s Sedgemoor Drain. land along the river bank to the car park at Crandon Bridge and under the M5 towards A longer walk of 5 km / 3.25 miles takes Dunball. you across the motorway, via a footbridge, through the village of Down End, and back under the motorway For further information please contact: towards Crandon Bridge. Countryside & Coast Team County Hall Taunton TA1 4DY 0845 345 9188 WWW.SOMERSET.GOV.UK [email protected] © Crown Copyright Reserved. Reproduced from Ordnance Key Survey mapping with the permission of Her Majesty's Sta- Public Rights of Way tionery Office under Licence No. LA 07683 X. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to Permissive Paths and Highways prosecution or civil proceedings. Public Bridleways .