Iron age hill fort, Holmbury

Iron age hill fort, Holmbury, originally uploaded by bent udder.

It looks like people are still cutting on to the old trail at the Hill Fort on top of Holmbury Hill, despite the new section built last year.

The Hurtwood Ranger has a blog post up about it here – well worth a look.

For those that don’t know, English Heritage has asked, not-so-nicely, that the landowner stop people riding over the banks of the hill fort, as it’s a scheduled ancient monument. If the landowner doesn’t stop it, then EH will buy the land in a compulsory purchase order, and forcibly put the entire thing beyond use. They’re not kidding, hence all the work last year to build a new line over the old quarry workings further down the hill. If you see someone riding the old line, please let them know about this.