Another day and it must be another child’s event at a school, a church or somewhere else. \u00a0These last few weeks of school seem to be more manic than usual, but that could be to do with having a year 6 child with the end of primary school coming up (a bigger milestone for me or him?) and now having the Littlest at nursery. \u00a0Anyway, today I find myself with her in the midst of the Hampshire downs at Danebury Hill fort.<\/p>\n

We park in the top car park and walk up the path through the open grassland before coming to the ring of earthwork ramparts and the gap in them where the gate into the community would once have stood. \u00a0 As we walk up the steps that have been built to protect the earthworks from erosion, you can understand why this position was chosen to build a community and why it was occupied for almost 500 years. \u00a0The fort was built in the Iron Age, 2,500 years ago, between the Bronze Age and the start of the Roman period. \u00a0With its position standing high above the surrounding land, the vista is far reaching and any marauding hoards would have been seen well before they reached the fort! \u00a0The name Danebury comes from the Old English ‘dun’ meaning hill and ‘bury’ meaning camp.<\/p>\n

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