Iron Age Hillfort - Old Winchester Hill, a walk along the Ramparts in Autumn

Join us for a walk along the ramparts of Old Winchester Hill Iron Age Hill Fort. It is early October 2023, and the autumnal light is stunning.
Look out for the Red Kite, and believe it or not, an Acrobat.
After the walk we headed for a pint at The Hampshire Bowman, Dundridge
Old Winchester Hill is a 66.2-hectare (164-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and a national nature reserve. Part of it is a scheduled monument.
Location
Despite its name the hill is around 11 miles (18 km) from Winchester; it is however part of the Winchester-East Meon Anticline. It lies to the east of Corhampton on the eastern side of the Meon Valley, opposite Beacon Hill. The South Downs Way and Monarch's Way long distance footpaths cross the summit of the hill, which reaches 197 metres (646 ft). About 2 kilometres to the northeast is another prominent hill, Henwood Down (201 m), above the village of East Meon.
In March 2009, it became part of the South Downs National Park.
Three of the barrows situated outside of the western entrance to the hillfort.
On the summit of the hill is an Iron Age hill fort. Within the hill fort can also be found Bronze Age barrows dating between 2100 to 750 BCE. The fort itself was probably built in the Early or early-Middle Iron Age (600-300 BCE) and fell out of use around the beginning of the Late Iron Age (150-100 BCE), as this is the general pattern for hill forts in the south-east of England. More modern archaeology dates from World War II when the British Army used the hill as a mortar testing range. Some unexploded Ordnance may still remain in 'fenced-off' sections of the hill however grazing hill-sheep access all areas so danger to the casual walker is likely to be low.
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[@bryanparsons9277]

Tranquil and lovely. Thank you for posting

[@walthamwayfarers]

Our pleasure!