Brean Down

Brean Down is a limestone promontory extending 2.5 km into the Bristol Channel in Somerset, rising 97 m high as a geological continuation of the Mendip Hills. The site has deep archaeological layers spanning over 10,000 years, including evidence of extinct megafauna, Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation, and prehistoric field systems. A Romano-Celtic temple was built here around 340 AD, featuring a square cella sanctuary with an ambulatory, vestibule, and a porch flanked by Tuscan columns of Bath stone; it was demolished roughly 50 years later. The promontory is a scheduled monument and Site of Special Scientific Interest, managed by the National Trust.