The somerset levels

[Bmblbzzz]

Isn't that the ruins of the chapel supposedly built by King Alfred as thanks for his victory over the Danes in ~900?

[AndyB1]

The ruined chapel is at the top of Burrow Mump - sorry, I don’t know the history of it but what you said may well be correct. Looking at Wikipidia the church, St Michael’s, was last rebuilt around the 1790s and replaced an earlier building.

[rjb]

the current ruin is much younger. Started in 1793 but never completed as funding ran out and they built the church at the bottom of the hill instead.
Of more significance is the church a mile away at East Lyng (isle of Athelney where the cakes were burnt) which was on the site of extensive earthworks linked to Alfred's reign. The church has a replica of the Alfred Jewel, found nearby and stored in the Ashmoleum in Oxford.

[AndyK]

the current ruin is much younger. Started in 1793 but never completed as funding ran out and they built the church at the bottom of the hill instead.
Of more significance is the church a mile away at East Lyng (isle of Athelney where the cakes were burnt) which was on the site of extensive earthworks linked to Alfred's reign. The church has a replica of the Alfred Jewel, found nearby and stored in the Ashmoleum in Oxford.

Just up the road, and arguably even more significant, is Athelney Hill, the most unimpressive hill fort you will ever see (it's allegedly Britain's lowest). It's said to be where Alfred and his men hid out from the Vikings. An even more unimpressive monument marks the spot. There are some nice quiet cycling lanes through the villages around there (also a coffee stop at the English Willow Centre and a community-owned pub for weekend lunches) but don't go that way after heavy rain.

By the way it's Ashmolean (as in 'museum of things donated by Elias Ashmole').

[Bmblbzzz]

Yes, it's the (Isle of) Athelney (Hill) that I was thinking of. Thanks both for refreshing my branez.