Village assets and services
Sheep Hurdle Stack
The picture shows the thatched hurdle stack that stands on Priddy Lower Green.
It is a collection of wooden hurdles that were used to form the sheep pens at the Priddy Sheep Fair up until just after the Second World War. After this time, metal hurdles were used. The hurdle stack was rebuilt a couple of times after the hurdles rotted. It was rebuilt in 1997 but was burnt down in an arson attack in April 2013. It was rebuilt in July 2013. It contains 130 ash hurdles. It was previously thatched with straw but is currently thatched with reed, which lasts longer.
Priddy Sheep Fair was moved from Wells (local city) to Priddy in 1348 during the Black Death.
