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Photo Pages: Burrough-on-the-hill - Hillfort in England in Leicestershire and Rutland
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Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 21 December 2004 Page Views: 5730
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Re: Burrough-on-the-hill (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Tuesday, 21 December 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | Burrough-on-the-Hill might once have defended the people of Leicestershire, but now it needs defending itself.
During the Iron Age it stood up to marauders, protecting the people of ancient Leicestershire against anyone that might do them harm. But a couple of thousand years later Burrough-on-the-Hill was in need of a little defending of its own.
They might not sound as fearsome as a neighbouring tribe, or even the might of the Roman Empire, but the ancient hill fort has recently been under attack from the local rabbit population.
However, under the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affair’s Countryside Stewardship Scheme, farmer and Country Park Ranger, Tim Maydwell, has been fighting back.
"The rabbits may have been attracted to this site by the abundance of scrubby vegetation around the fort," explained Mr Maydwell, whose family have farmed in the area for generations.
"They’ve made their warrens in the foundations of the old ramparts and now there is a danger of land slippage. I didn't want to eradicate the rabbits, nor did I want to completely clear the scrub as it is a valuable habitat for nesting birds such as the linnet."
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Re: Burrough-on-the-hill (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Wednesday, 22 December 2004
(User Info | Send a Message) | Google Scholar comes up with a good reference here:
An Archaeological Resource Assessment and Research Agenda for the Later Bronze Age and Iron Age (The First Millennium BC) in the East Midlands | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Burrough-on-the-hill (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Sunday, 08 May 2005 | Burrough on the Hill was the site of the 1873 Grand National
Racecourse !! There are various references to games being held here in the medieval period. | [ Reply to This ]
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