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Large wildflower meadows, peaceful mature woodlands, steeply sloping Iron Age ramparts, and a deserted medieval village all offer fantastic Education and events opportunities to explore this unique piece of Somerset countryside. There is an The environment at Ham Hill offers diverse study exciting landscape of hilly mounds left from Victorian quarrying on the hill, which opportunities that easily link into the National makes Ham Hill such an interesting place to come and explore Curriculum and your school/college project. From the History Iron Age to Victorians (via the Romans!), and wildlife & Volunteers habitat studies to erosion and geology - we can offer Ham Hill forms part of the called The Romans invaded Ham Hill around 55AD, Iron Age hillfort outdoor, hands on opportunities for your students from To manage Ham Hill Hamdon Hill, the largest of its kind in Great Britain, their occupation has left behind remains such as pre-school to sixth form. For higher level students we effectively we need the valuable possibly in Europe! Built between 600BC to 100BC, the coins, brooches, roof tiles and pottery. Masses of can offer a range of resources such as management assistance and support of practical earthwork defences (ramparts) are man-made slopes archaeological evidence has been found relating to plans, visitor surveys and artefacts to enable you to conservation volunteers to help with a the Roman occupation of Ham Hill. The settlements complete independent research projects. variety of tasks. No formal qualifications or experience focused on two sites; a military base out near are needed; all that is required are enthusiasm, some the war memorial and a 19 roomed The Ham Hill and Yeovil Country Park rangers run a old clothes, a sense of humour, and a willingness to hamstone villa in the field known as junior “Look Out Club” for children aged 8-12 once help conserve your local wildlife and heritage. If the Warren. every two months on a Saturday, which is a morning practical conservation work isn’t for you, why not help of fun activities just for children. The activities are us lead children’s activities, school visits and maybe designed to promote an interest in wildlife, history even help out with wildlife surveying or in the busy and the great outdoors. Ham Hill office! We can provide formal and informal learning If you are interested in getting more involved either opportunities for all groups of all descriptions; from by volunteering or by joining the Friends of Ham Hill parent & toddler groups and out of school clubs to group, please contact the Ranger’s Office on01935 Roman groups with disabilities, special interest societies and 823617 or email [email protected] coins dating also corporate team building days. There are a range of Please use the same contact details if you would like from throughout ways in which everybody can learn and discover more to receive a the occupation have about the fascinating history and wildlife of Ham Hill, copy of our been found at Ham Hill. either in your own venue or at Ham Hill. Countryside The most significant discovery of coins was of 3 Events guide full jars of over 2000 coins, which were found in 1882. and ditches that for the year, Rangers would like to follow the natural contours of the land. The ramparts Later on, in medieval times (12th – 16th century) join the Look Out are almost 5km long, and enclose an area of approx there was a village in an area just outside the hillfort Ham Hill Country Park is managed by a small ranger Club, or would like 200 acres (about 100 football pitches!) where people called Witcombe Valley. The villagers used to farm the team and a dedicated group of volunteers. With so a ranger led talk/ used to live during the Iron Age. Archaeological digs slopes, and every year they used to have a fayre near to many important historical features and habitats within walk/activity session in the early 1900s and recent geophysical surveys have where the war memorial now stands. the Country Park, a detailed management plan has been for your school or produced some evidence for at least two concentrated written for the site. As a team we need to make sure community group. areas of occupation on Ham Hill. Roundhouses, As well as farming, quarrying was one of the key that we protect and conserve the geology, archaeology trackways and field systems divided up the hillfort’s activities that took place on Ham Hill in the medieval and ecology of Ham Hill, whilst also managing the plateau.