チャフクーム周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

Geminiの言葉： ウェスト・ドーセットのなだらかな丘陵地帯にいるなら、ブロードウィンザーの聖ヨハネバプテスト教会は、クラシックで「のんびりとした」田舎の教会で、静かな石壁の中に驚くほどの歴史が詰まっています。村の中心部にある高台に位置し、広場を見下ろして、まるで永遠に見守っているかのようです（実際、ほとんどの場合そうです）。 立ち寄る価値がある理由をご紹介します。 王室の逃亡者の隠れ場所 この村の一番の功績は、一か八かの隠れん坊です。1651年のウスターの戦いに敗れた後、チャールズ2世は命からがら逃げ出し、ここブロードウィンザーで一夜を過ごしました。 王が近くの宿（現在は個人のコテージ）に隠れている間、議会軍の兵士が実際に村に到着して捜索しました。 伝説によると、彼が逃げられたのは、地元の女性が同じ建物内で出産し、兵士たちが彼を見つけることなく立ち去るほどの混乱を引き起こしたからだそうです。彼は最終的にフランスに逃げましたが、教会はその緊迫した夜の静かな証人として立っています。 「機知に富んだ」牧師 1630年代、教会はトーマス・フラーによって率いられていました。彼は、実際にペンで生計を立てた最初のイギリス人作家の一人として説明されています。 彼は「機知に富んだ」ことで有名で、「慈善は家庭から始まるが、そこで終わるべきではない」と言ったことがあります。* 今日でも、村は彼を非常に誇りに思っており、彼の言葉は地元のコミュニティパブ、ザ・ホワイト・ライオンに刻まれているのをよく見かけます。 内部の見どころ 「ゆがんだ」建築：教会は900年近くにわたって再建と修復が行われてきたため、さまざまな様式が混在しています。身廊の片側には重くて丸いノルマン様式のアーチがあり、もう片側にはより尖った「初期イギリス」様式のアーチがあります。これにより、インテリアはわずかに不揃いで、有機的な雰囲気になっています。 古代の洗礼盤：1200年代初頭に遡るパーベック大理石で作られた正方形の洗礼盤があります。これは、8世紀にわたって村の子供たちを洗礼するために使用されてきました。 鐘：塔には6つの鐘があります。そのうちのいくつかは「宗教改革前」のもので、ヘンリー8世がローマから離脱する前からその塔で鳴り響いています。 「妥協の」時計：日中に行くと、時計のチャイムが聞こえます。最近、夜にチャイムを鳴らすべきかどうかについて地元で議論がありました。「イギリスの村」らしい動きで、彼らは妥協しました。近所の人が眠れるように、午後9時から午前6時までは静かにしています！

Donyatt Halt Records for Donyatt Halt state: "This halt, opened on May 5th, 1928, has a single platform edged with wooden sleepers, and a small wooden shelter. A pathway leads up from the platform to the road, which crosses the line by an overbridge at the Ilminster end of the platform. An ornate oil lamp stands at the top of the path and there are various posts with brackets for hanging oil lamps in winter." It would be the guard's duty to light and extinguish these lamps. Five trains a day operated in each direction taking about 45 minutes for the 15 - mile journey from Taunton to Chard, having made stops at Thornfalcon, Hatch, Ilton, Ilminster and Donyatt. Donyatt.com

Norman castle The earthworks at the site are larger than would normally be found in a castle from the Norman period, raising speculation that it reused previously developed features. The castle was probably built by Robert, Count of Mortain in the 11th century. Archaeological evidence suggests it was built in several stages. During the first a rampart enclosing 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) was built. Soon after the Norman Conquest a smaller inner ringwork was constructed. The site was later converted into a motte and bailey, with a corner of the 20 feet (6.1 m) high motte serving as a barbican. By the early 12th century the castle was no longer in regular use. However, its use was resumed during The Anarchy, a period of civil war and unsettled government during a succession dispute between the supporters of King Stephen (1135–1154) and those of his cousin, the Empress Matilda. Continued use in the later 12th century may have been by administrators of the surrounding royal forest as a base for operations against poachers.

Castle Neroche is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle on the site of an earlier hill fort in the parish of Curland, near Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The origin of the term Neroche is believed to be a contraction of the Old English words nierra and rechich or rachich for Rache, a type of hunting-dog used in Britain in the Middle Ages, giving a meaning of the camp where hunting dogs were kept. This also gives the site its alternative name of Castle Rache. Iron Age The reason for the construction of Iron Age hill forts has been a subject of debate. It has been argued that they could have been military sites constructed in response to invasion from continental Europe, sites built by invaders, or a military reaction to social tensions caused by an increasing population and consequent pressure on agriculture. The dominant view since the 1960s has been that the increasing use of iron led to social changes in Britain. Deposits of iron ore were separated from the sources of tin and copper necessary to make bronze, and as a result trading patterns shifted and the old elites lost their economic and social status. Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe believes that population increase played a role and has stated "[the forts] provided defensive possibilities for the community at those times when the stress [of an increasing population] burst out into open warfare. But I wouldn't see them as having been built because there was a state of war. They would be functional as defensive strongholds when there were tensions and undoubtedly some of them were attacked and destroyed, but this was not the only, or even the most significant, factor in their construction.

The summit of this hill represents the second highest point in Dorset, and from here, you'll have breathtaking panoramic views. At the top, there was an Iron Age hillfort, which was excavated in the mid-20th century.

At the heart of the village, you'll find this lovely church, with its churchyard, of which the oldest parts are known to date back to the 12th century, in a Norman Romanesque style. During the Victorian era, it underwent significant restoration, so you can see signs of this period in its exterior appearance.

Castle Neroche was a motte-and-bailey castle on the site of an earlier hill fort. Evidence suggests that it was an Iron Age hill fort before the Norman castle was built as the earth works are larger than most Norman castles. Now it's a really fascinating place; the old earth works are covered in trees with amazing views between the trunks. Managed by Forestry England.

Nice statue of a girl waiting for the train that will never come along the well maintained gravel track but some sharp changes in direction make the run from ilminster to chard confusing if you expect to be on the old railway tracks