Iron Age settlements, (dating from 800BC to the 1st century AD) dot the landscape on the lowlands of Cornwall and Devon. The people who lived there probably used the land for pastoral or agricultural purposes because there were usually springs or the remains of river beds close by. Land used for building these hillforts was more fertile for growing food-crops.
Blackbury Camp is one such Iron Age hillfort/settlement, but we were interested in it because of the huge numbers of English bluebells that were blooming there when we were visiting Alan and Susie.
I was in my glory on a personal note. The perfume in the air was wonderful. We were lucky that the bluebell flowering was late this year because of the long winter, as April and May are deemed to be the best months to see them through the woodlands...
...and then there were buttercups!
I had read about them in Enid Blyton stories as a child, with their shiny yellow petals growing wild in all sunlit pastures. One thing I learned is that buttercups belong to the Ranuncula family, and there are many different species.
Bliss!
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