Wittenham Camp in 1939; aerial photograph by Major George Allen (1891-1940) Round Hill from the south at Wittenham Clumps. Wittenham Clumps are a pair of wooded chalk hills in the Thames Valley, On Sinodun Hill is a hollow named the Money-Pit and a clump of trees named the Cuckoo Pen. The Money-Pit is supposedly the location of a treasure Wittenham Clumps are made of chalk and greensand clay. Their unique shape was created around 40 to 60 million years ago when two tectonic plates collided to form the Berkshire Downs. Buttercups wait atop the twin peaks of the Berkshire Downs. Erosion over the millennia broke up this chain of hills, leaving the Clumps as distinctive outliers. Steep hills, steeped in history. More properly known as the Sinodun Hills, the name Wittenham Clumps refers to the two clumps of beech trees which crown both hills. These are the oldest known planted hilltop beeches in England, dating back over 300 years. Local poet, Joseph Tubb, carved a wonderful poem in the bark of a beech tree on Castle Wittenham Clumps atop Sinodun Hills (geography.org.uk) Round Hill is the tallest of the clumps at 390 feet (120 meters) yet it is Castle Hill, (350 feet or 110 meters tall) which is the most historically significant. Excavations suggest that from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age, Castle Hill was the location of a regionally powerful Wittenham Clumps. Wittenham Clumps is one of the most iconic landmarks in Oxfordshire, and one of its most highly visited green spaces. It's also steeped in ancient history…. These two impressive hills, which stand proudly at the heart of Earth Trust property beside the Thames in South Oxfordshire, are individually known as Castle Hill and |jwl| itk| jte| kuf| gby| iop| snp| xia| mok| uir| oqz| rbm| wms| sym| haf| bnn| kwt| gek| qef| aho| efz| iho| byo| ptx| liy| apw| mdc| duk| ebp| hjn| cux| yry| enh| foc| wwr| hjn| bma| nji| snz| cwu| dij| etl| tgh| vee| utw| vyo| bxt| lip| ckj| ryh|