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Basingstoke And Deane

Litchfield And Woodcott

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

Basingstoke And Deane

Litchfield And Woodcott

Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

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Ladle Hill Iron Age Hillfort

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North Wessex Downs National Landscape

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Location: Litchfield And Woodcott, Basingstoke And Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Dan Hobson

August 18, 2020

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Ladle Hill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Monument with sublime views. Atop the hill is an Iron Age hill fort that has never been excavated. Ladle Hill is a calcareous grassland chalk downland habitat, which is now scarce in Britain.

Grace Mulligan

July 16, 2023

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This is a wonderful spot with a lovely display of seasonal wildflowers that bloom within the spring and summer months.

MCW73

February 14, 2025

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The hillfort on the top of the hill has never been excavated, but the land and ditch are sharply defined and well preserved. This Iron Age fort is roughly rectangular and enclosed seven acres within an embankment and ditch. There are two probable entrances to the east and west. The work seems to have been undertaken by several different labour forces, each working on a section of the defences, but for some reason the task was abandoned and the fort left unfinished. Great to walk along the unfinished ramparts, it's windy and flipping huge!!!

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