Muchelney, Somerset. (1).
Muchelney is a small village on slightly higher ground on the Somerset Levels. It is the site of a Benedictine Abbey, parts of which are still intact. In wet weather such as we have had this February , the village can become an island, with all four roads impassable due to flooding. When the road is flooded locked gates are used to prevent the foolhardy from attempting to travel across the levels. On the day I visited the gates were open, though there was still one area of shallow floodwater on the road to the village from Langport, and also on the road on which I left the village to return home.
Muchelney, Somerset. (1).
Muchelney is a small village on slightly higher ground on the Somerset Levels. It is the site of a Benedictine Abbey, parts of which are still intact. In wet weather such as we have had this February , the village can become an island, with all four roads impassable due to flooding. When the road is flooded locked gates are used to prevent the foolhardy from attempting to travel across the levels. On the day I visited the gates were open, though there was still one area of shallow floodwater on the road to the village from Langport, and also on the road on which I left the village to return home.