{"id":2889,"date":"2024-04-08T11:39:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T11:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/?post_type=route&#038;p=2889"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:15:31","slug":"discovering-history-around-haresfield-beacon","status":"publish","type":"route","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/adventures\/discovering-history-around-haresfield-beacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering history around Haresfield Beacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<header id=\"block_f2720ac4c07940a14734ee53246c1373\" class=\"RouteHero skip-lazy default\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"RouteHero__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/activities-adventures\/hiking\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHiking\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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There&#8217;s an honesty box with a \u00a32 donation suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the car park, go through the gap in the wall beside the entrance to enter Standish Wood. These woods are recorded in documents dating from 1297.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several tracks head off from this point \u2013 take the left-hand one straight ahead, staying on the level and following the black acorn symbols of the Cotswold Way markers. If you do take a wrong path (or just want to wander!), it isn&#8217;t a problem so long as you eventually end up at the southern end of the woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the day I visited, a cuckoo was calling through the woods and the ground was covered in bluebells, wood anemones, wood spurge, dog\u2019s mercury and violets. Although predominantly a beech wood, the wood is also home to mature ash and other limestone-loving trees such as whitebeam, spindle and aspen. Conifers include Scots pine and larch, which attract cone-feeding birds such as Siskins, tits and Goldcrests, and there is a good understorey of hawthorn, holly and field maple. In the summer you may be lucky enough to find yellow bird\u2019s-nest and bird\u2019s-nest orchids. In the autumn fungi such as edible boletus and bracket fungi such as giant polypore make for a great fungus foray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 1 mile (1.6km) cross a track (known as the \u2018Robbers\u2019 Road\u2019) and stay on the path. Look for an overgrown elongated mound on either side of the path (SO 827 071). This 200m-long Iron Age cross dyke is believed to have been constructed as a boundary marker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few metres more look to your right for two small overgrown Bronze Age round barrows (marked as \u2018Tumuli\u2019 on the map). When one of these was excavated they found a cist with cremated remains and a Middle Bronze Age plano-convex flint knife, which is now in Gloucester City Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the wide path for a further 400m to reach a Neolithic long barrow about 4m high and 55m in length (SO 825 069). Although it is also overgrown, from the top of the barrow you will get a better sense of the scale of the monument. 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Arriving at Ash Lane car park (SO 824066), you will be rewarded with wonderful views south and west over the River Severn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn sharp right now and take the stone track downhill. Just after \u2018Jackdaw Quarry\u2019 turn right past a green metal gate and follow the track for 400m until it divides. Bear left down the steep stony track to emerge from the woods, leaving National Trust land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a choice of footpaths from here \u2013 I followed the little shady one to the right of the two gates, which curved gently downhill to Standish Park Farm, from where I followed the lane for 500m \u2013 but you could equally take either of the other marked public footpaths that lead across fields, so long as you end up at Tudor House Farm (SO 817078).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn into the drive of Tudor House Farm for 30m and cross the stile on the left-hand fence (marked \u2018public footpath\u2019). Head towards a second stile near the left end of the fence at the top of the first field. Cross this stile and head steeply uphill to a third stile near the first crest of the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross the stile and follow a vague path across the field past an old solitary oak. A fourth stile leads back onto National Trust land. Here you can wander at will again \u2013 either taking the direct route uphill or meandering to the right and finding a gentler approach to the top. As I ascended the limestone grassland, skylarks sang, the gorse was in full flower and I spotted several Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and numerous bright yellow male Brimstones. In the summer the meadows are full of ox-eye daisies, yellow rattle, vetch, buttercups and cinquefoil and orchids abound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"block_4e8465585df6048d7d408b30fdd88286\" class=\"Inner InnerWaypoint\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"InnerWaypoint__heading\">SO 817 080 &#8211; 4.9 km<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"54\" height=\"89\" viewBox=\"0 0 54 89\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<rect x=\"21.0005\" y=\"9\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" rx=\"6\" fill=\"#79716B\"\/>\n<rect x=\"21.0005\" y=\"9\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" rx=\"6\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"4\"\/>\n<path d=\"M25.7505 87C25.7505 87.6904 26.3101 88.25 27.0005 88.25C27.6908 88.25 28.2505 87.6904 28.2505 87L25.7505 87ZM25.7505 23L25.7505 25L28.2505 25L28.2505 23L25.7505 23ZM25.7505 29L25.7505 33L28.2505 33L28.2505 29L25.7505 29ZM25.7505 37L25.7505 41L28.2505 41L28.2505 37L25.7505 37ZM25.7505 45L25.7505 49L28.2505 49L28.2505 45L25.7505 45ZM25.7505 53L25.7505 57L28.2505 57L28.2505 53L25.7505 53ZM25.7505 61L25.7505 65L28.2505 65L28.2505 61L25.7505 61ZM25.7505 69L25.7505 73L28.2505 73L28.2505 69L25.7505 69ZM25.7505 77L25.7505 81L28.2505 81L28.2505 77L25.7505 77ZM25.7505 85L25.7505 87L28.2505 87L28.2505 85L25.7505 85Z\" fill=\"#E7E5E4\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-4.f358dcb3a1cf35814fef4b657db6f398.jpg\" alt=\"Sheep and lamb\" class=\"wp-image-5583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-4.f358dcb3a1cf35814fef4b657db6f398.jpg 759w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-4.f358dcb3a1cf35814fef4b657db6f398-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-5.ad7112de47096da8e7bfe1b205b6dd2e.jpg\" alt=\"Map extract- Tudor House Farm\" class=\"wp-image-5584\" style=\"width:331px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-5.ad7112de47096da8e7bfe1b205b6dd2e.jpg 331w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-5.ad7112de47096da8e7bfe1b205b6dd2e-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-6.58c9b83afc04e49bc892472f881b2445.jpg\" alt=\"An old oak tree\" class=\"wp-image-5585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-6.58c9b83afc04e49bc892472f881b2445.jpg 331w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-6.58c9b83afc04e49bc892472f881b2445-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what you came for! The trig pillar itself is at SO 82037 08877, on top of a spur at the edge of the Cotswold escarpment. Built of local stone, it is adorned with two Cotswold Way markers, as the trail passes the spot. Haresfield Beacon is rated as one of the outstanding features of the 102-mile Cotswold Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Beacon you can look back at the way you have come through woods and farmland and then enjoy spectacular views of the Severn Vale to the Forest of Dean and the Brecon Beacons beyond. If the weather is clear you will be able to see the Severn Crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the trig pillar follow the narrow footpath heading north-east and through a gate to the site of a Bronze Age long barrow and the recently cleared ramparts of Ring Hill, an Iron Age hill fort. The Romans had a large camp here, and in the 19th century 3000 Roman coins were found. From the ramparts of the hill fort there are views towards May Hill, Gloucester and the Malvern Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Return to the path, which leads back to the road and the small Beacon car park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"block_1260b778fd0a0a08984259927264b8c0\" class=\"Inner InnerWaypoint\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"InnerWaypoint__heading\">SO 820 089 &#8211; 5.9 km<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"54\" height=\"89\" viewBox=\"0 0 54 89\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<rect x=\"21.0005\" y=\"9\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" rx=\"6\" fill=\"#79716B\"\/>\n<rect x=\"21.0005\" y=\"9\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" rx=\"6\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"4\"\/>\n<path d=\"M25.7505 87C25.7505 87.6904 26.3101 88.25 27.0005 88.25C27.6908 88.25 28.2505 87.6904 28.2505 87L25.7505 87ZM25.7505 23L25.7505 25L28.2505 25L28.2505 23L25.7505 23ZM25.7505 29L25.7505 33L28.2505 33L28.2505 29L25.7505 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srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-9.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4.jpg 401w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-9.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-9.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-8.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4.jpg\" alt=\"Benchmark\" class=\"wp-image-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-8.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4.jpg 401w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-8.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-8.14ec007ac1b016c43a1754fdd29ca4a4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-10.1d8ed2a9d45f62e31b167947bfc9e8fc-1024x339.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape view\" class=\"wp-image-5589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-10.1d8ed2a9d45f62e31b167947bfc9e8fc-1024x339.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-10.1d8ed2a9d45f62e31b167947bfc9e8fc-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-10.1d8ed2a9d45f62e31b167947bfc9e8fc-768x254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-10.1d8ed2a9d45f62e31b167947bfc9e8fc.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, turn right down steps, following the Cotswold Way markers along the lightly wooded southern slope of Bunker\u2019s Bank. On reaching level grassland, stay on the Cotswold Way and bear almost due south for 400m to reach the topographical lookout point (SO 828 084), which has fine views to complement those from the Beacon itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 3-dimensional map of the district has direction arrows to all the points visible on a clear day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the topograph, take the broad path north-east to return to the car park, where you may be able to buy an ice-cream \u2013 an excellent way to round off a wonderful walk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/haresfield-beacon-11.f358dcb3a1cf35814fef4b657db6f398.jpg\" alt=\"Bronze topograph\" class=\"wp-image-5590\" 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