Trendle Ring
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  Map sources for Trendle Ring at grid reference ST118394
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Trendle Ring (or Trundle Ring) is an Iron Age earthwork on the Quantock Hills near Bicknoller in Somerset, England. The word trendle means circle, so it is a tautological place name.
The so-called hill fort has several features that make it more likely to be an animal enclosure, rather than a defended settlement:
- single rampart with ditch
- simple opening for an entrance
- situated on the slope of a hill
- the hill rises 130 m above the ring
- the area is only 0.7 ha
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology, Lesley and Roy Adkins (1992) ISBN 0-946159-94-7
- The Archaeology of Somerset, Michael Aston and Ian Burrow (Eds) (1982) ISBN 0-86183-028-8
- Somerset Historic Environment Record Trendle Ring (Site no. 33201)
