on the site of a stone vault. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 367) and Grade II listed building. The monument is now on private land belonging to Athelney Farm and is accessible via a permissive path past the farm. Athelney is around from North Petherton, where the Alfred Jewel (an Anglo-Saxon ornament dating from the late 9th century) was discovered in 1693. See also List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset References External links A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2: (1911) at British History Online Athelney The Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey: Lyng and Athelney by Miranda Richardson Villages in Sedgemoor Somerset Levels Hill forts in Somerset Former islands of England