The high wall of HMP Shepton Mallet
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The high wall of HMP Shepton Mallet
Image: © Tom Jolliffe Taken: 26 Mar 2007
The forbidding stone wall of HMP Shepton Mallett, one of the oldest prisons. In the war, it was handed over to the US forces and executions of black soldiers took place there, who had been found guilty of desertion. It is said that bullet holes can still be found in the walls inside the prison.
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Image Location
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51.190807
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-2.543857