グレートシェフフォードの天然記念物・トップ4

Scutchamer Knob is an ancient Iron Age burial mound and historic landmark on the Ridgeway. Along my King Alfred’s Way bikepacking route, it was a memorable spot to pause before the final stretch to Reading. 📜 Once a Saxon meeting place, this hilltop offers panoramic views of the surrounding Berkshire downs—a perfect blend of history and landscape. 🚴‍♂️ A short climb rewards you with quiet reflection and wide-open skies.

Discover this rare holy well located in Speen in Newbury. Historically, the well was thought to have healing qualities, healing anything from eye diseases to measles and rickets.

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/ancient-sites/scutchamer-knob-cwichelmslaewe/

A memorial obelisk to Robert Loyd-Lindsay, Lord Wantage. Robert Lloyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, was a soldier, politician and philanthropist. He co-founded the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War, which later became the British Red Cross. He died in 1901. Lady Wantage erected a monument to Lord Wantage in 1903. The monument stands on a Bronze Age round barrow adjacent to the Ridgeway at Betterton Down near Lockinge, Oxfordshire. https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/BAR03/01/428

Great northern place to park up and start the King Alfred's Way

After the stabby 17%er out of Ramsbury the views are lovely looking East and South over the Wiltshire downs

Dating back to the Iron Age, this Anglo-Saxon knob would once have been much larger and considerably more prominent. This is an ancient burial chamber but could also have been an important assembly place for troops or a marketplace. It also goes by the name of Beacon Hill and Scotsman's Knob.

Easy access to the Ridgeway.