Stitt Hill Hillfort - the stronghold in the sky!
Give your legs and lungs time to recover whilst you listen to the audio and make your way up to the hillfort. Feel free to explore the hillfort but don't stray too far.
You'll have followed a fence on your right as you approached the fort, follow it as it turns right until you reach a metal wicket gate.
Go through the gate and keep to follow the top of the valley past two posts (to keep you on your path).
Eventually the path starts down to Ratlinghope Camp - a smaller hillfort with and impressive earth bank. You'll find another panel on a post above the hillfort.
Brow Farm's Hillforts Walk is a two-mile walk up into the hills on the other side of the river. You'll get to visit two Iron Age hillforts that few people have walked to in recent years because they weren't on a footpath. With Farmer John's premission we've opened up a route for you to explore.
It's a bit of a climb if you are not used to it (even if you are you'll find it a good challenge) but the views are well worth the effort. If taking a dog or dogs, please keep them on their leads if there's sheep or cows about.
Keep an eye on the weather - as there's no shelter up there and it's VERY exposed (if in doubt take a coat). Please leave gates as you find them. If you are taking a picnic, please don't leave any litter, or light any fires.
