A defensive earthwork with prehistoric origins that runs east-west south of Bath and is visible from several public footpaths.

This West Wansdyke section is part of a much longer earthworks, from Combe Down to Maes Knoll in Somerset, and East Wansdyke in the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire.

The Bathscape sections are visible on the edge of Odd Down, from Rush Hill, around Englishcombe Village and near the Newton Park campus of Bath Spa University.

Its precise date and function is unclear.

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