Creech Hill

Creech Hill in southeast Somerset features a univallate Iron Age hillfort at its northern end near Milton Clevedon, designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Lamyatt Beacon, the highest point of the hill, hosts the remains of a Romano-Celtic temple built in the late 3rd century AD with a nearly square cella and surrounding rooms, in use until the early 5th century. Excavations in the 1970s by Professor Roger Leech uncovered coins and votive figurines of Roman deities, now displayed at Taunton Museum. A burial ground with 16 graves lies north of the temple, and a sunken chamber to the south showed marks of ritual burning.