Castle Rings, Wiltshire
Historical Description
Castle-Rings, an ancient entrenchment on the SW border of Wilts, on Tittlepath Hill, 2½ miles NE of Shaftesbury. It consists of a ditch and lofty rampart, encloses 15½ acres, encircles the hill, and gives it a singular shape.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Castle Rings are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)