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A History of the County of Somerset
… was here bounded to the south by the earthwork known as Wansdyke. There exist few earthworks to which a definite date … can be traced to this day in Somerset and Wilts. The Wansdyke has a course of about sixty miles, and runs from the … It was in this judicious spirit that he pronounced the Wansdyke to be of Roman or post-Roman origin; and though the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have belonged to some religious house. The ancient Wansdyke traverses the parish in a direction nearly east and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and in the vicinity is the course of the ancient rampart Wansdyke. At the hamlet of Studley was a Roman station, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… downs south and south-east of it; the west end of the east Wansdyke is the ditch on the south boundary. A prehistoric …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to be traceable to the river Severn, is supposed to be the Wansdyke, which formed the boundary of the West Saxon …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of thirty acres of land, for the poor. The ancient Wansdyke touches the parish in two places, constituting the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fosse which encompassed it is visible. The ancient road Wansdyke crosses the parish, passing by an eminence called …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… A cold spring here is slightly impregnated with iron. The Wansdyke traverses the parish in a northwest direction. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… joins the Fosse Way at the point where it intersects the Wansdyke as it approaches Bath. It is probably the ancient … near Batcombe, and Stantonbury Camp, on the line of the Wansdyke about two miles to the south-west of Corston, are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of worship; and there is a small national school. The Wansdyke, or Wodensdyke, supposed to have been one of the …