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Wendy Morrison: Beacons of the Past - 8000 years of human activity in a chalk landscape

A Ver Valley Society event, hosted by Bury Water Meadows Group
Ancient hillforts have fascinated historians and archaeologists for centuries. Enduring and prominently situated, they have sparked the imaginations of generations through the glimpse they give us into our history. Iron Age hillforts were constructed in the United Kingdom from around 1000 BC until the Romans arrived. Steeped in mythology and folklore, they offer an intriguing insight into how communities might have lived together over two-thousand years ago.

Some think hillforts may have been built to mark a boundary between two distinct tribal areas. They might have been centres of ritual and ceremony. Some have evidence of roundhouses, which would point to their function as community dwellings and livestock enclosures. But who were these people? What did they do, and how did they live?

Archaeologist and prehistorian, Dr Wendy Morrison of Beacons of the Past project, will reflect on the location of the precious Chilterns chalk streams and their role in human settlement.

Nov 11, 2020 07:00 PM in London