| Trendle Ring | |
|---|---|
 Plan of earthworks at Trendle Ring | |
| Location | Bicknoller, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°08′51″N 3°15′49″W / 51.14750°N 3.26361°W |
| Area | 0.8 hectares (2.0 acres) |
| Built | Iron Age |
| Official name | Trendle Ring hillfort and associated outwork |
| Designated | 09 April 1976 |
| Reference no. | 1008249 |
  Location of Trendle Ring in Somerset | |
Trendle Ring (or Trundle Ring) is a late prehistoric earthwork on the Quantock Hills near Bicknoller in Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Monument.[1][2] In 2013 it was added to the Heritage at Risk Register due to vulnerability to plant growth.[3]
The word trendle means circle, so it is a tautological place name.[4]
The site, which covers 0.8 hectares (2.0 acres),[4] is surrounded by a single rampart with a ditch and has a simple opening on the East, uphill side. The hillside is steep and there are two areas which may have been more level platforms. It is situated on the slope of a hill which rises 130 m above the ring.
- ^ "Trendle Ring hillfort and associated outwork, Bicknoller - 1008249 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Trendle Ring hillfort, Bicknoller Hill, Bicknoller". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Trendle Ring hillfort and associated outwork, Bicknoller - West Somerset". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ a b A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology, Lesley and Roy Adkins (1992) ISBN 0-946159-94-7 page 114