One of the largest Iron Age hillforts in Britain, a rampart-ringed limestone plateau above the Somerset lowlands and the source of golden Ham stone
Ham Hill covers a lot of ground for a hillfort, the Iron Age kind ringed by banks and ditches: the grassy earthworks run for around three miles right the way round the edge of the plateau. People have quarried the honey-coloured limestone here for centuries, and that Ham stone built much of the countryside below, including grand Montacute House a mile to the east. These days it’s a country park, grazed and open, with a stone war memorial on top and long views over the Levels and out towards the coast. The Monarch’s Way and River Parrett Trail both cross the hill, and the village of Montacute sits just below it.
