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Malverns looking south from near Clutters cave - the Red Earl's Dyke or Shire Ditch
Much of the Malverns is covered by a low green sward, dense in places, made up of hundreds of different species of flowering plants and grasses, many of them microscopic, eking out an existence on the poor soils to be found here. These photos were taken during a visit by Redditch U3A Exploring Science Group .
According to Wikipedia:-
'The Shire Ditch, or Red Earl's Dyke, runs north and south of British Camp along the ridge of the hills. It was created in 1287 by Gilbert de Clare, the Earl of Gloucester, following a boundary dispute with Thomas de Cantilupe, the Bishop of Hereford.[6] Recent research has shown that the Shire Ditch might actually be much older. Indeed, there is some evidence that it may have started life as a prehistoric trackway running from Midsummer Hill fort to the Worcestershire Beacon, the highest hill in the range over three miles to the north of the Camp.'
Malverns looking south from near Clutters cave - the Red Earl's Dyke or Shire Ditch
Much of the Malverns is covered by a low green sward, dense in places, made up of hundreds of different species of flowering plants and grasses, many of them microscopic, eking out an existence on the poor soils to be found here. These photos were taken during a visit by Redditch U3A Exploring Science Group .
According to Wikipedia:-
'The Shire Ditch, or Red Earl's Dyke, runs north and south of British Camp along the ridge of the hills. It was created in 1287 by Gilbert de Clare, the Earl of Gloucester, following a boundary dispute with Thomas de Cantilupe, the Bishop of Hereford.[6] Recent research has shown that the Shire Ditch might actually be much older. Indeed, there is some evidence that it may have started life as a prehistoric trackway running from Midsummer Hill fort to the Worcestershire Beacon, the highest hill in the range over three miles to the north of the Camp.'