Powerstock, Eggardon Hill 1906
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Photo of Powerstock, Eggardon Hill 1906

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This photograph shows the skyline from the profile of Bell Stone (left, top) along to the ramparts of the Iron Age hill-fort on Eggardon Hill (right, top). The view is north-eastwards from Spyway Road over Chaffins Copse (centre), and seems to have been taken as much for the neatly thatched haystack as for the general view.

A Selection of Memories from Powerstock

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Powerstock

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Powerstock was my local village from 1951 to 1963. We lived at Kings House Farm at the foot of Eggardon Hill. My father Eddie Whitaker farmed (the hill rented and his 13 acres) for 12 or so years before moving to Somerset. I have visited with my family several times over the years and stayed at the Three Horse Shoes pub on one occasion, there I met one of my peers from school and caught up on ...see more