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Statue of Romulus and Remus, Beechbarrow

St Cuthbert Out, GB

Statue of Romulus and Remus, Beechbarrow

The statue of Romulus and Remus is a Grade II listed folly located at Beechbarrow on Pen Hill, by the A39 road to Wells, Somerset, England. It was designed and sculpted by a former Italian prisoner of war (POW) and is made from concrete and plaster over an iron armature. It depicts the legend of Rom

ulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, suckling the she‑wolf, and is supported on a plinth by four pillars.

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