Thomas Hardy

 Hambledon Hill - Originally the hill served as the site of a Middle Neolithic Causeway Camp, such as the one at Windmill Hill in Avebury. The camp was enclosed by causeway ditches to the Eastern end of the hillside, perhaps protected by wooden palisades, evidence suggests the camp was attacked by archers in an inter tribal skirmish. A long barrow nearly 230 feet long, situated on the centre of hill reminds of its furthest antiquity, a second long barrow having been long since destroyed.