Quantocks Visit, Part III, ' Dowsborough Hill Fort' by Sheila, August 28th 2018
Channel: semw52
Date: 03/09/2018

This is the first time I have actually ventured onto the Hillfort although I have skirted part of the base a few years ago while following the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey.The gnarled wood greets me and I decide to admire the amazing views from a small gap  before taking a small cantoc thru the fort wood aware of the Quantock horses grazing deep inside the hillside---I am exploring at this stage and do eventually  arrive at Dead Woman's Ditch after  being guided by a small roadway suitable for cars----the creepiness of the wood is emphasized by its history and the murder of a young pregnant wife of local charcoal burner John Walford who in 1789 murdered her--he cut her throat then buried here---this was about the time Coleridge and Wordsworth walked these hills and lived locally---Anyway Walford was hanged nearby and his body hung in a gibbet for one year to warn others  of the consequences of murder-----so a wee bit creepy----do the spirits of Walford and his wife Jane Shorney wander here in torment-----In the next video IV I arrive at Dead Woman's Ditch Car Park