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On the E. they are flanked with the Oxford clay, which reaches from Henstridge to Witham Friary, whilst a ridge of higher ground near Penselwood consists of greensand. Near Radstock coal is found.
S. from Shepton Mallet, with a station on S. and D. line to Glastonbury. The W. tower carries a lead spire. Its chief interest is its general comeliness. It has neither chapels nor monuments. Penselwood, a parish 4 m. N.E. of Wincanton. It occupies high ground, which in early times has been strongly defended.
The church, which is still intact, and also a good portion of the conventual buildings, are exquisitely situated under the great hill of Penselwood, part of the line of hills that runs from above Bourton almost to Longleat and that forms the high boundary of Somerset and Wiltshire. The ridge is crowned by a number of entrenchments, and prehistoric remains are frequent.
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