Trendle Ring

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Trendle Ring is one of 29 hillforts the Albion Guide charts in Somerset. The surrounding countryside is part of the Quantock Hills National Landscape. For more of the same, Dowsborough hillfort and Plainsfield Camp are close by. The nearest railway station is Bishop's Lydeard, 11.3 km to the south-east.

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