Summer mist at Deerleap

Deerleap Standing Stones - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3911

Deerleap Standing Stones – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3911

If you follow the road out of Wells to Wookey Hole and up the hill to Ebbor Gorge to the car park, then it is only a short walk to the deer leap standing stones and open views across the Somerset Levels.

Today there was a summer mist around around the levels and Glastonbury Tor.

Deerleap Standing Stones - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3872

Deerleap Standing Stones – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3872

Local legend has it that the stones mark the giant leap of a deer – that’s 16 metres.  The stones have been there a long time.  But not the little one which is a more modern replacement after the nearby stone wall was removed for building material.

Alternatively, deers leap is the name given to a low point in a wall or fence that deer used to jump across.

Which ever is true does not matter as this is such a beautiful spot.

Deerleap Standing Stones - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3907

Deerleap Standing Stones – Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3907

And finally…

On returning down the hill all the clouds seem to point to the St Cuthbert’s paper mill.

St Cuthberts Mill - Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3940

St Cuthberts Mill – Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_3940

Read more about the stones: http://www.ubss.org.uk

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