- Low Ham
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.0600
longitude= -2.8110
scale= 10000
official_name= Low Ham
population=
shire_district=South Somerset
shire_county =Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Somerton & Frome
post_town= Langport
postcode_district = TA10 9
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01458
os_grid_reference= ST432292Low Ham is a
village in thecivil parish ofHigh Ham in the English county ofSomerset .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. [cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15109#s9 |title=Low Ham Manors |accessdate=2007-11-23 |format= |work=British History Online ]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 centurymosaic showing the story ofAeneas and Dido. It is the earliest piece of narrative art in the country and is a unique find from Roman Britain. [cite web | title=The Low Ham Roman Mosaic | work=Somerset Museum | url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/culturecommunity/museums/somersetcollection/lowhamromanmosaic/ | accessdate=2006-08-11]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 Ilisted building . [cite web | title=Church without Dedication | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=263114 | accessdate=2007-10-03]ite of Special Scientific Interest
Infobox SSSI
name=Low Ham
aos=Somerset
interest=Geological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST440290
area=5hectare
notifydate=1988http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/map.aspx?
] The Low Ham SSSI at gbmapping|ST440290, lies on lowest slopes of Woodbirds Hill in the adjoining civil parish of
Pitney , just above theLow Ham Rhyme . It is a 12.4acre (5hectare )geological Site of Special Scientific Interest inSomerset , notified in 1988. It is aGeological Conservation Review site.This site contains a
Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of sands, silts and peats, laid down in the EarlyDevensian . The site forms a rare example of deposits of 'interstadial' facies associated with a high sea level; these are of critical importancefor British Pleistocenegeology . [cite web | title=Low Ham SSSI citation sheet | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003392.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-11]References
External links
* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk English Nature website] (SSSI information)
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