On RODDENBURY-HILL, about a quarter of a mile north of Longleat, and close upon the confines of this county with Somersetshire, is a small earthen work called Roddenbury-Camp. It has only a single ditch and vallum, with two entrances on the east and west. Near it, on the western side of the same hill, is a smaller circular work, bearing the name of Hays-Castle. The whole of this eminence, which forty years ago was a naked waste, is now covered with a profusion of trees.
Roddenbury Hill has lately been the scene of a most barbarous murder... More at
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pi1JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA303
in 'The Beauties of England and Wales' volume 15, by John Britton and others (1814).
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Posted by Rhiannon
23rd April 2011ce
Edited 24th April 2011ce
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