Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort

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Putnoe Woods covers an approximate area of 10.5 hectares and lies just below Mowsbury Hillfort and Mowsbury Hill Meadow at Ravensden. The wood is now less than 10% of what is was when the area was mentioned in the Domesday Book and before that when a Scandinavian named Putta settled there.

Mowsbury Hillfort Rises commandingly above the driving range at Mowsbury golf course and is approximately seven acres in size, the best preserved of only 10 univallate hillforts in Bedfordshire, a single line of defenses, one bank and ditch. Both areas support a rich diversity of wild life and plants as well as being of historical interest.

Both sites are owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council  having been bought in the mid twentieth century with the proceeds of the sale of the present Midland Road railway station site.
The Parks Dept and the Priory park rangers are responsible for the implementation of the management strategies and the friends group assist the park rangers in practical and promotional tasks.



You can  keep in touch with us via our Facebook page, Twitter: @mowshillfort or the Diary and contacts page on this site. Can't find what you are looking for try here Page Index.

                                                    


         Task and Events Diary

We are sorry but Wassail 2019 is now fully booked.
If for any reason you have reserved places and then nearer the date find you can not make it
PLEASE!!! let us know so that we can offer your place to someone else. 👍👍

Special General meeting and General Meeting
19.00, Tuesday 22th January 2019.
Venue.Cloverdale Retreat Café, Priory Country Park.

If you have a photograph  of either site that you would like to share email it to us and we will add it to our albums.


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