Low Ham
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| Low Ham | |
  Low Ham shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | South Somerset |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Langport |
| Postcode district | TA10 9 |
| Dialling code | 01458 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Somerton & Frome |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Low Ham is a village in the civil parish of High Ham in the English county of Somerset.
At the time of the Domesday Book Low Ham was part of the estate of Serlo de Burcy, and was later known as Ham Burcy and Nether Ham.[1]
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[edit] Roman Villa
There is evidence of occupation from Roman times with a large Roman Villa which was excavated in 1946. The bath block contained a 4th century mosaic showing the story of Aeneas and Dido. It is the earliest piece of narrative art in the country and is a unique find from Roman Britain.[2]
[edit] Church
English Heritage list a church, without dedication to any saint, on the site of an earlier church, which was started in the early 17th century, and damaged in the Civil War, and completed in 1690. It is a grade I listed building.[3]
[edit] Site of Special Scientific Interest
| Low Ham | |
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| Area of Search | Somerset |
| Grid Reference | ST440290 |
| Interest | Geological |
| Area | 5 hectare |
| Notification | 1988 |
| Location Map | English Nature |
The Low Ham SSSI at grid reference ST440290, lies on lowest slopes of Woodbirds Hill in the adjoining civil parish of Pitney, just above the Low Ham Rhyme. It is a 12.4 acre (5 hectare) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1988. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
This site contains a Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of sands, silts and peats, laid down in the Early Devensian. The site forms a rare example of deposits of 'interstadial' facies associated with a high sea level; these are of critical importance for British Pleistocene geology.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Low Ham Manors. British History Online. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
- ^ The Low Ham Roman Mosaic. Somerset Museum. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.
- ^ Church without Dedication. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ Low Ham SSSI citation sheet. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.
[edit] External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
