Point of interest
Spetisbury Rings
2 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Jackie And Steve
July 24, 2021
Well set back from the main Road in Spetisbury, this site is something of a hidden treasure. The site is well known to locals in the village and further afield. Overlooking the village of Spetisbury and the floodplain of the Stour valley, with views across to Badbury Rings on the horizon. The central enclosure has a diameter of approx. 150m. Defended by a single rampart and ditch, with a single entrance to the north west. These poor defences suggest that the hillfort was never finished. This earthwork looks imposing from the Stour valley, as it sits on the end of a natural spur. The steep face of the spur provides additional defence, but was scarred in modern times by the construction of a railway cutting. According to Aerial archaeology in 1857 the railway navigators "uncovered a mass-grave of about 120 skeletons, probably the victims of the Roman invasion".
Well set back from the main Road in Spetisbury, this site is something of a hidden treasure. The site is well known to locals in the village and further afield. Overlooking the village of Spetisbury and the floodplain of the Stour valley, with views across to Badbury Rings on the horizon. The centr…
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Location
Spetisbury, England