Rodhuish Common
Rodhuish Common is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the county of Somerset, England. There is a small oval enclosure which is thought to be of Iron Age date.Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Bartholomew and Dunster Castle.
Church of St Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in Rodhuish, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Church of St Bartholomew is situated 1 mile east of Rodhuish Common.
Dunster Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. Dunster Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Rodhuish Common.
Bat’s Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bats Castle is an Iron Age hillfort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. Though clearly shown on the 1902 Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, the site was "identified" in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350. Bat’s Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Rodhuish Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxborough and Carhampton.
Luxborough
Village
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Luxborough is a small village and civil parish located some 6 miles south of Dunster, lying amongst the Brendon Hills and the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. Luxborough is situated 1½ miles southwest of Rodhuish Common.
Carhampton
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865. Carhampton is situated 2 miles north of Rodhuish Common.
Treborough
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Treborough is a small village and civil parish 7 miles south of Dunster, lying amongst the Brendon Hills within the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. Treborough is situated 2 miles southeast of Rodhuish Common.
Rodhuish Common
- Type: Heath
- Description: Iron Age hillfort in Somerset, England
- Category: hillfort
- Location: Withycombe, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14734° or 51° 8′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.43515° or 3° 26′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C3R4HW7+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1057295188OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heathWikidata ID
Q7356761
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