Croham Hurst
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Croham Hurst by Peter Trimming as part of the Geograph project.
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Croham Hurst
Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 27 Mar 2020
'The high bare top of the Hurst made a safe and convenient place for early man to settle. There is some evidence of a late Mesolithic Settlement which would have been occupied between 5000‑3000 years B.C. The flint tools of Neolithic or New Stone Age man were also found on the Hurst. Around 2100 B.C. the Bronze Age began – Bronze Age man was religious and he buried his dead in round barrows, one of which was found on the top of Croham Hurst.' The above extract is from the Friends of Croham Hurst Wood website. My only query would be where did early man get his water supply? I can only imagine that there were natural springs in the area, now lost by the spread of modern housing.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.352065
Longitude
-0.081415