We recently had an excursion to Winchester Hill walking over to the hill depicted above and then down into the valley it overlooks.
The Hill was originally the site of Bronze Age burial mounds, dating back between 4,500 and 3,500 years ago. No-bad. If our ancients had had slaves and a convenient supply of sandstone they might instead have built pyramids, temples etc there instead, like their ancient Egyptian contemporaries.
A fort was built over some of the mounds 2,500 years ago and a later settlement on the site had a single defensive bank and ditch enclosing huts and is thought to have been that of a Celtic chieftain. The bank/ditch is just visible in the first picture as well as the one below.
We did the walk a week after the great rain of 20 July (i.e. 20/07/2007) and found ourselves wading through one of the flooded paths but this did not spoil an enjoyable day out.
The church has no connection with the hill but I like its original design.
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