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	Somerset Levels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly, but more correctly, called) is a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, England, between the Quantock and Mendip hills, consisting of marine clay "levels" along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) "moors".
		Water levels are carefully managed and the levels are not as intensively drained or farmed as the East Anglian fens (historically a similar area of low marsh).
		The reduction in water levels and subsequent exposure of the timber to oxygen and Aerobic bacteria is the cause of the destruction [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somerset_Levels (1464 words)

	Somerset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Somerset is a county in the south-west of England.
		Prior to 1974, Somerset adjoined the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south east and Devon to the southwest.
		Somerset is a largely rural county famous for its rolling hills and downland, the large flat Somerset Levels, and the Exmoor National Park which straddles the border with Devon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Somerset (1275 words)

	Peat wastage and cultural heritage
		Somerset County Council’s Archaeology group have undertaken a desk top study into the threat posed to wetland archaeological remains in Somerset by peat wastage.
		When peat is drained it shrinks and the ground levels lowers because of the loss of water and the oxidation and decay of organic matter.
		The Environment Agency, Somerset County Council and DEFRA are developing a project for the 2002-3 financial year to assess the threats posed to the internationally important remains on the Somerset moors and to tackle the issue of peat wastage within the wider landscape.
	www.ramsar.org /features/features_uk_somerset_peatlands.htm (1434 words)

	Levels Best (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Levels' Best is proposed as a trade mark of provenance for food and drink from the Somerset Levels and Moors, an area in the south west of England.
		The Somerset Levels, as they are known locally, is an area of 250 square miles of wetlands drained by a series of rhynes, dividing extensive grasslands that are farmed within the guidelines of an Environmentally Sensitive Area.
		Levels' Best as a trade mark is in keeping with the Delivery Plan for the Sustainable Farming and Food in South West England (produced in response to the Government's Strategy for sustainable Farming and Food).
	www.levelsbest.co.uk (150 words)

	Equine Tourism Levels & Moors editorial
		Essentially, The Levels and Moors 'wetland' is a huge, reclaimed marsh where pastures are divided by a network of ditches and drainage channels known as rhynes, rather than hedges and fences.
		The Levels and Moors form a unique flat, open landscape and the treeless pastureland is dominated by distant views of the surrounding hills.
		On the edge of the Levels and Moors, this is the former Royal Capital of Wessex.
	www.equinetourism.co.uk /editorial/levelsandmoors.htm (1654 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:Europe:United Kingdom:England:Somerset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Exmoor is a parish within the District Council of West Somerset, comprising of 20,344 acres with an electorate of approximately 150 and a population around 200.
		Situated in the heart of the county, on the Somerset Levels is the small town of Langport.
		The village is situated on Exmoor, on the Somerset Coast between Minehead and the Devon County Border.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Somerset/desc.html (2725 words)

	Somerset Levels by Andrew Eames \| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		But the Somerset Levels have a mid-winter makeover that fills the skies with flickering life, and draws great bedsheets of water over the land...
		The Levels incorporate 140,000 acres of floodplains of the rivers Axe, Brue, Huntspill, Parrett and King's Sedgemoor Drain.
		In Martock the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen (+44 1935 825891) have a gallery in Yandles woodyard; the work of potters, silversmiths, silk painters, wood turners etc is on display here, but for something more unusual, knock on the door of Michael Burton, silver and goldsmith, opposite the yard gates.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_1801.html (1559 words)

	The Somerset Levels home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The research concentrated on the edges of the Somerset Levels, where the rivers coming from the hinterland flow into the low-lying peat area.
		Since the Somerset Levels form a low-lying area, it is liable to flooding from seawater and as well as river water.
		The main aim of the research was to reconstruct the development and characteristics of the river Brue since 6000 BP, because it seemed likely that the flooding layers in the central Somerset Levels were caused by either river or seawater flowing across the raised bog.
	www.geo.vu.nl /~aalg/somerset/somerset.html (776 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Somerset suffers from having ideal birding spots in other counties such as Portland and the Exe estuary within a short drive and is probably under watched by all but a dedicated few of its resident birders.
		The Somerset Levels and the other wetland ESAs are extensive geographical areas, which is significant in that an ESA is intended to operate on the macro-scale.
		This is comfortable walking through the gentle hills of the Dorset and Somerset borders and across the wetlands of the Somerset Levels and Moors.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_somerset.html (3771 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Somerset \| Rural ozone level exceeds capital
		The readings, recorded at a monitoring station in Somerton, mean levels in the county have exceeded government guidelines 12 times this year.
		During 2004, there were 18 days when ozone levels breached the government guideline of 100 microgrammes per cubic metre, the researchers at SERC and its partner organisation, the Somerset Wildlife Trust, said.
		Levels often climb in hot summer weather, when there are light winds.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/somerset/4694533.stm (249 words)

	BASC - Somerset Levels project aims for "mink control zone"
		A mink control belt stretching across the Somerset Levels from Martock in the south to Cheddar in the north could be established by this autumn as a result of a joint conservation project set up by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and English Nature (EN).
		Robin Marshall-Ball, the BASC and EN-funded Conservation Officer for the Levels is running a series of mink trapping workshops which will allow groups and individuals to play their own part in the mink control project.
		A third workshop is being planned for the Wedmore area in late June in order to establish the 'northern arm' of the mink control belt covering the area from the Polden Hills to Cheddar.
	www.basc.org.uk /content/somersetlevels (503 words)

	Untitled Document
		The South of the Mendip's you have the Somerset Levels and Glastonbury.
		A brief outline of the Geology of the Mendip Hills and the Somerset levels.
		The Mendip Hills is an upstanding area of North Somerset, the hills to the east of Shepton Mallet area extensively mined for Limestone and Basalt.
	www.btinternet.com /~S.Stroud/Templates/location2.html (821 words)

	Somerset Willow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Take the willow for instance, handed down through generations of Somerset folk, the willow remains an integral part of life on the levels at the dawn of the millennium.
		On the edge of the Somerset levels lies the town of Bridgwater, home to The Somerset Willow Company, the leading UK producer of hand woven basketware and furniture.
		Somerset is the last place in the country where willow is still grown commercially for basketmaking.
	www.bridgwatertown.com /clients/somerset_willow/somerset_willow.htm (706 words)

	Avalon Barn is a comfortable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Avalon Barn is a comfortable, quiet and attractive converted barn with views stretching across the Somerset levels to the Mendip hills.
		A stay in Somerset would not be complete without a visit to Glastonbury a town where history and legend are so merged together it will be up to you to decide the facts from the fiction.
		Somerset is excellent for walking or cycling, the surrounding countryside around Avalon Barn is mostly flat and has pre-planned cycle routes
	www.avalonbarn.com (481 words)

	The Somerset Levels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Somerset Levels are one of the largest marshlands in Britain and is an excellent example of medieval civil engineering technology, despite being augmented by later generations.
		The area is bound by the coast along Bridgwater Bay in the west, the Mendip Hills to the north, intersected from Butleigh to Puriton by the Polden Hills.
		Historically, the Levels have seen a fair bit of military action, from King Athelstan to the Battle of Sedgemoor during the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.
	members.aol.com /gtuttiett/levels.htm (1008 words)

	BBC Radio 4 - Open Country - 20 November 2004
		The Somerset Levels are a large area of wetland running between the Quantock and Mendip hills.
		The past and future of the Somerset Levels are inextricably linked to willow, they are woven together in a loving embrace.
		She had lived until recently in a part of the county outside the Levels and although only 15 miles away from her present house she feels it was a completely different world.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/factual/opencountry_20041120.shtml (706 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 15 May 2002 (pt 4)
		Over the years, the change has been the change of man. Avalon is at the heart of the Somerset Levels; one can imagine Arthur being taken off to Avalon, and ultimately to Glastonbury, to be buried.
		The Environment Agency and many other environmental bodies seem to regard the rivers and drainage reans of the Levels primarily as environmental assets, when they were put in there in the middle ages for drainage purposes to protect agriculture and those who live and work there.
		However, houses cannot be built on the escarpments; the Levels are difficult to build on; homes cannot be built on much of the Quantocks; the coastline is somewhat erodeable.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020515/halltext/20515h04.htm (4063 words)

	North Somerset Levels and Moors Project
		The North Somerset Levels and Moors Project is a partnership between the Trust, North Somerset Council, the Environment Agency, English Nature, Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre (BRERC) and the Wessex Otters and Rivers Project
		The project aims to encourage a greater awareness and understanding of the special and unique wildlife of the Levels and Moors and to promote the sympathetic management of the grasslands and network of rhynes (wet ditches) and hedgerows that characterise this landscape.
		The waterlogged nature of the Levels makes them of very great archaeological significance, as their conditions preserve organic remains such as wood, leather and evidence of past environmental change which are not found on any dryland sites.
	www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk /level1/level2/project_nslm.htm (606 words)

	The Mendip Hills, Somerset - tourism information
		The town is dominated by the enigmatic Glastonbury Tor, topped with a 14th century tower which draws the eye from anywhere on the surrounding Somerset Levels.
		Also in Glastonbury is the wonderful Somerset Museum of Rural Life, housed in the Abbey's former tithe barn, and nearby is the Peat Moors Visitor Centre, where you can get a good idea of how early settlers on the Levels lived thousands of years ago.
		The Somerset Levels are lovely, low farmlands split by long irrigation canals and the meandering River Brue.
	www.britainexpress.com /Where_to_go_in_Britain/Destination_Library/mendip-hills.htm (914 words)

	The Somerset Levels and Moors - Somerset By The Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Somerset Levels and Moors - Somerset By The Sea
		The Levels are noted for their angling waters, several rivers cut through to the coast here providing excellent coarse fishing
		To the south the Levels are broken by the Polden Hills where a string of attractive villages lie along the ridge and market gardens and a vineyard can be found on the southern slopes.
	www.somersetbythesea.co.uk /content/view/17/40 (152 words)

	Bed and Breakfast Taunton, Bridgwater, Somerset, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We are also in an ideal location for walkers and cyclists with the Quantock Hills and Somerset Levels nearby.
		Our bed and breakfast is situated in the heart of Somerset just at the edge of the beautiful Quantock Hills which are ideal for walking and pub lunching.
		We are close to the Somerset Levels for bird watching and the Sustrans national cycle route.
	www.applerydon.co.uk (298 words)

	Wedmore, Somerset
		Perched high on a hill overlooking the Somerset Levels, Wedmore was the scene of high drama in the days of Alfred the Great.
		Wedmore is beautifully sited south of the Somerset Levels and the Mendip Hills, halfway between Wells and Burnham-on-Sea.
		The stone cottages still echo the plan of the original village - the homes faced outwards, their backs to the green - which dates to the 1100's when it was a market centre for the surrounding agricultural area.
	www.britainexpress.com /villages/wedmore.htm (671 words)

	Glastonbury - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry spot on the Somerset Levels, 30 miles south of Bristol.
		The town is particularly notable for the myths and legends surrounding a nearby hill, rising up from the otherwise flat landscape of the Somerset Levels, which looks man-made (but isn't), Glastonbury Tor.
		Joseph is said to have arrived in Glastonbury by boat over the flooded Somerset Levels.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Glastonbury (838 words)

	Willows And Wetlands Visitor Centre, Taunton, Somerset
		Ideal situation for exploring the Mendip Hills and Somerset Levels.
		On the Somerset levels, an informative Visitor Centre accompanies the traditional willow growing, handcrafted basket and charcoal producing industry.
		We are a family run business established in 1819 — based on the unique Somerset levels, growing and supplying willow and producing high quality handcrafted willow products ie.
	www.livingheritagesouthwest.co.uk /main/en/att-provider-7004.html (226 words)

	Glastonbury Somerset - Bed and Breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Glastonbury and Wells lie across the Somerset Levels and are about 40 minutes drive from us.
		Before the Somerset Levels were drained for farming King Arthur's "Isle of Avalon" rose up out of the sea and St Michael's tower (photo) could be seen from scores of miles away.
		It is worth climbing the Tor to St Michael's Tower for the spectacular views over the Somerset countryside.
	www.applerydon.co.uk /glastonbury.html (253 words)

	End-to-End - A Somerset Way
		The route is based largely on a publication by rambling enthusiast Laurence Main, who brough this path into being as a walk across the county of Somerset.
		The route, composed as it is of various local footpaths, lends itself to a good deal of variation and you are encouraged to tinker with my (or Laurence's) route as much or as little as you wish.
		It consists largely of broad areas of coastal plain at or near sea level (the Somerset Levels), divided by lines of low hills running generally in a northwest - southeast direction.
	www.jbutler.org.uk /e2e/som/index.shtml (866 words)

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