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Kingsdown Camp

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Nearest Town:Radstock (4km NW)
OS Ref (GB):   ST719517 / Sheet: 183
Latitude:51° 15' 47.55" N
Longitude:   2° 24' 10.01" W

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According to the Somerset Historic Environment record this is a small Iron Age enclosure which was refortified in the late first or second century. Leslie Grinsell mentions it in his 'Folklore of Prehistoric Sites in Britain' - it is said to be the site of a fierce battle between two kings, at which both of them died. A large barrow (partially destroyed some time pre 1791) was said to be where the many slain in the battle were interred. Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
5th October 2005ce