This Chilterns Wildwood holds many secrets of our ancient ancestors, watch this space
Wildwood Blog
Tree Felling in the Wildwood
It is time to thin the trees, to bring down some of the giant oaks, beech and more recent ash to allow those that are left more elbow room.
Moated mystery
Within the Wildwood is a small rhomboid shaped bank and ditch, in fact this was the first archaeological feature to be recognised way back in 1982 and reported by two local school boys.
Mystery dells of the Chiltern’s ancient woodlands
In many of the Chiltern’s ancient woodlands are mysterious dells, often called chalk pits. Many are huge excavations, so what was their purpose?
Snow time
The winter of 2012/13 has been wet, cold and snowy, and the Wildwood is sleeping, but not for too much longer. The roar of chain saws will soon be heard and the workman like growl of diesel engined timber extraction vehicles will soon echo through the woodland.
