Fascinating Ham Hill is well worth a visit, being at once a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, an Iron Age hill fort, a Roman site, a Local Nature Reserve and a country park.
The Hundred Stone’s unassuming appearance belies its historical significance. During Anglo Saxon times, this stone, along with others nearby, marked various ‘hundreds’; local communities with independent courts and law. There …
Dundon Hill or Dundon Beacon is a Iron Age hill fort and nature haven. Managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust this small area of higher land is ringed by ancient …
Somerset and Dorset are riddled with strip lynchets and some examples are particularly eye-catching. Best viewed from a distance, strip lynchets were a type of earthwork commonly used in ancient field systems, mainly in southern Britain.