Rampart Work Closes Iron Age Fort

From an article published on the BBC News web site on 11th December 2005:

Parts of an Iron Age hillfort are to be closed to the public while essential repair work is carried out.

About £40,000 is to be spent repairing badly eroded ramparts at Danebury Hillfort near Stockbridge, Hampshire.

Parts of the fort, which sees between 70,000 to 100,000 visitors a year, will be temporarily closed as the four months of work is carried out.

The overall site will still remain open and the repairs are expected to be completed by mid-March.

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