An End to WANSDYKE

Описание: Wansdyke: we don't really know when it was built, nor what it was for.

And where did it end, for that matter? That's what this video is about - the theoretical eastern extension to the downs near Inkpen, beneath Combe Gibbet. We couldn't afford to do the other end.

After a quick summary (YouTube attention spans) of the current views as to age and purpose, we set off across country to look at this supposed extension - beloved of antiquarians, past and present.

Winter had arrived early for this 'shoot', so there're some great icy landscapes to see here - especially at the end, where we filmed during a cloud inversion.

There's a surprise appearance by Hedley Thorne of the Wessex Ways Podcast. On top of providing some superb drone footage (not fake) - he owns that content, by the way - Hedley enlists us to participate in a forthcoming edition of the Podcast.

We understand this will be uploaded to YouTube on the 14th December. Make sure you don't miss out by subscribing to Wessex Ways on YouTube. Link below:
‪@wessexways‬
The Podcast includes Hedley, along with the legendary:
‪@pwhitewick‬

A few shout-outs:
Firstly we would like to thank:
‪@tweedyoutdoors‬
for introducing us to Alan Soldat's superb book, 'A Quest for Wansdyke' and for coming up with the idea of featuring the line, "we really need to step things up a gear".

And to ‪@AllotmentFox‬ for inspiring this video and the resultant hours of travel. He constantly challenges us to avoid lazy assumptions.

#wansdyke #questforwansdyke #paulwhitewick #hedleythorne #morganshill #chisbury #jethrotull #inkpen #combegibbet #anglosaxons #romans #wessex

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