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The Tern Valley Trail - Rodington
The Bull Ring
The Bull Ring was located on the wall opposite what later became Rodington's national school, which opened in 1849 on land adjacent to the Bull's Head pub. Just six years before that date, the local pound for stray animals was located on the site, where the gruesome spectacle of bull-baiting with dogs is thought to have continued until about 1840; although the ring to which the unfortunate animals were tethered may have remained in place until 1904.
Beyond that date, a blackened inlet in the sandstone wall itself apparently marked the site of the hearth where the bulls were roasted after being killed. An annual week of cockfighting is also known to have taken place on the site until 1810, attracting colliers from the Shropshire coalfield at Ketley and Oakengates, who apparently stayed next door at the Bull's Head, reputedly the second oldest licensed public house in Shropshire.