Local List: Burgundy Chapel

Authority Exmoor National Park Authority
Date assigned 12 January 2023
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An unusual complex comprising the remains of a chapel of likely 14th century date and associated (earlier) cottage / hermitage / anchorite cell, within an enclosure (not plotted). A rare survival of a complex of this type with no subsequent later development and with high potential for further archaeological remains surviving, despite excavation of part to floor level. Some architectural features present (doorways etc). Believed to be mentioned in Luttrell household accounts in 1405 as "Bircombe Chapel" and payment of £6 13s 4d for chaplain in 1420.

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Grid reference Centred SS 9477 4815 (26m by 18m)
Map sheet SS94NW
Civil Parish MINEHEAD WITHOUT, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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