page_title: Half Tree Hollow
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Half Tree Hollow / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: a thin strip of homes is visible along the ridge of Ladder Hill on the west side of the James Valley
context_page_description: Half Tree Hollow is the smallest of the eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a suburb of Jamestown and is situated at the top of Ladder Hill which forms the southern side of the James Valley, at the base of which sits Jamestown. The hill was fortified in the late 1700s and Ladder Hill Fort was subsequently built. The village grew during the 1960s because the James Valley lacked any room for expansion.
context_section_description: The district is bounded by the contours of Ladder Hill and is essentially a flat plateau.
  Half Tree Hollow is the largest settlement in Saint Helena, with a population exceeding that of the territory's capital of Jamestown. Its population has fluctuated from 901 in 1998 to 1,140 in 2008 and 984 in 2016.
caption: viewed from Rupert's Hill
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