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What are the hill forts on The Ridgeway?

From west to east, the four Iron Age hillforts along the Ridgeway are: Barbury Castle, Liddington Castle, Uffington Castle, and Letcombe Castle. Before you get too excited at the idea of visiting these ancient “castles,” remember: these are earthworks, not stone constructions.



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The Great Stones Way and its extension will complete the ancient Ridgeway route across Wessex, and its epicentre at Avebury and Stonehenge, from the north Norfolk coast to the Channel coast in Dorset.

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THE Ridgeway is the oldest continuously used road in Europe, dating back to the Stone Age. Situated in southern England, built by our Neolithic ancestors, it's at least 5,000 years old, and may even have existed when England was still connected to continental Europe, and the Thames was a tributary of the Rhine.

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While wild camping is technically not legal in most parts of England, the National Trails website suggests that most landowners along The Ridgeway won't mind you camping as long as you're a respectful camper (ask the landowner for permission, pitch near sundown and depart by sunrise, start no fires, leave no trace).

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The Ridgeway in England stretches 85 miles (137km) from Overton Hill near Avebury, Wiltshire, to Ivinghoe Beacon near Tring, Buckinghamshire.

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