Discover Dumpdon Hill’s Iron Age history on 22 January - The Blackdown Hills
Discover Dumpdon Hill’s Iron Age history on 22 January
( Last Updated: 11-01-2011 )
There will be a chance to discover the Iron Age history of the Blackdown Hills this January, with a special walk at Dumpdon Hill.
The event has been organised by the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) team and will be led by archaeologist Hazel Riley.
Dumpdon Hill, which is owned by the National Trust, is a prehistoric hill fort built around 2500 years ago.
Archaeologists have expanded their knowledge of the site's Iron Age past over the last twenty years, since the Great Storm of 1990 toppled many of the beech trees on the hill and exposed more of the ground.
The ‘Discover Dumpdon Hill' event will show how these marks of the past can be seen in the landscape of today, especially in the winter when the lack of vegetation makes it easier to see the surface.
Attendees will learn how hill forts were constructed, and about Iron Age life in the surrounding hamlets and farms.
‘Discover Dumpdon Hill' takes place on Saturday 22 January at 10am. For bookings contact the AONB office on 01823 680681 or email blackdownhills@devon.gov.uk.
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