Burrow Mump, Somerset: Alfred the Greats lookout point – Country Life

The famed hill in Burrowbridge is today's Secret Britain spot.

An excellent lookout for marauding Danes, which was Alfred the Greats purpose when he climbed it, Burrow Mump (literally hill hill) is only 79ft tall, but the views over the Somerset Levels are extensive.

In winter, when the rivers Parrett and Tone swirl at the foot of the Mump, the landscape must look similar to that seen by the ancient King of Wessex.

The view up from the valley to the ruins of St Michaels Church.

Civil War Royalist soldiers who hid in medieval St Michaels Church, at the top, must have felt comparatively wary of approaching Roundheads and probably didnt appreciate the vista, which includes fellow islands Glastonbury Tor and Athelney, where Alfred hid before the Battle of Edington in 878.

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