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The Village. Tintinhull is a popular and attractive village lying in a rural part of South Somerset, adjacent to the ancient Fosse Way (now the A303 trunk road), roughly four miles northwest of Yeovil and three miles southwest of the one-time Roman town of Ilchester. In addition to modern roadways, ancient pathways connect Tintinhull with the Fosse Way, Ilchester and with Montacute two miles to the south. The former Iron Age fort of Ham Hill - source of particularly attractive and practical limestone ("Hamstone") used widely for building in the local area - overlooks the village from the south. Tintinhull itself is sited on a low promontory set slightly inland from the Somerset Levels, between the flood plains of the River Yeo and Bearley Brook to the northwest and a tributary of the River Parrett, Wellhams Brook, to the south. Roads, lanes and tracks radiate from the centre of the village and place it in a clear relationship with the cultivated higher land and the lower grazing areas. The flat lands to the northwest - and, very occasionally, parts of the village - are prone to flooding in heavy rains. Indeed, centuries ago salt flats stretched from the edge of Tintinhull all the way to the Severn estuary, now a hour's drive to the north.
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