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Despite reviews that are sometimes less than complementary, there’s plenty to be proud of in our corner of Hampshire, and plenty of things that make it a quirky place to live. Here’s some of the things one of our Andover reporters picked up on after moving to the town:
#1 The history of the area As you’ll know from reading our history columns, there’s plenty of interesting facts and pieces of information surrounding Andover. It’s hard to get away from it when you walk the streets in the centre of town, where you are surrounded by the splendour of the Guildhall and the streets leading up towards the church.
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Danebury Ring, near Stockbridge in Hampshire, is an image of tranquility today but that wasn t always the case, as Annunciata Elwes explains.
The fortified Iron Age town of Danebury had a turbulent history. Mass graves have been uncovered some sacrificial together with scorched wood that indicates burning defences, amid its hills, moats and ridges.’
Reconstruction drawing by Karen Guffogg of Danebury Hill Fort in the Celtic / Iron age, approx. 2nd century BC.
At 469ft above sea level with commanding views, this is the highest point in the region and, in contrast to the peace enjoyed by the few Highland cattle now grazing there, it was home to a thriving farming community for some 500 years from 600 BC.