https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Berkshire_Downs&feed=atom&action=historyBerkshire Downs - Revision history2024-03-29T07:28:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.25.5https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Berkshire_Downs&diff=22738&oldid=prevRB at 21:39, 28 July 20142014-07-28T21:39:12Z<p></p>
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The '''Berkshire Downs''' are a range of [[chalk]] [[downland]] hills in western [[Berkshire]]. They form part of the North Wessex Downs "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty".<br />
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The western parts of the downs, around the village of [[Lambourn]] are also known as the '''Lambourn Downs'''.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
The Berkshire Downs lie east-west, with their scarp slope facing north into the [[Vale of White Horse]] and their dip slope bounded by the course of the [[River Kennet]]. Geologically they are continuous with the [[Marlborough Downs]] to the west and the [[Chilterns]] to the east. In the east they are divided from the Chilterns by [[Goring Gap]] on the [[River Thames]]. In the west their boundary is generally taken to be the border between Berkshire and [[Wiltshire]], although the downs in Wiltshire between the Berkshire border and the valley of the [[River Og]] are sometimes considered to be part of the Berkshire Downs.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Aerial view from Paramotor of Uffington White Horse - geograph.org.uk - 305467.jpg|right|thumb|220px|The Uffington White Horse]]<br />
English downland has attracted human habitation since prehistoric times. The ancient track known as [[the Ridgeway]] runs along the Berkshire Downs. Prehistoric sites in the Downs include [[Wayland's Smithy]] (Neolithic), numerous tumuli (Neolithic or Bronze Age), Uffington White Horse (Bronze Age), Liddington Castle and Uffington Castle (Bronze Age and Iron Age), and Segsbury Camp and Grim's Ditch (Iron Age).<br />
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It is generally thought that in Anglo-Saxon times the downs were known as ''Æscesdūn'' or Ashdown, and that it was here that the Battle of Ashdown was fought in 871.<ref>[http://www.berkshirehistory.com/legends/alfred02.html Royal Berkshire History website]</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
[[File:Race Horse Paddock on Farmland at Kingwood Stud - geograph.org.uk - 25902.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Racehorse on farmland in Lambourn]]<br />
Downland pasture is firm and well-drained, suited to grazing sheep and grazing and training horses. Horse racing is a major business in the area, with much of the downs covered with training areas, and stables centred on the village of [[Lambourn]].<br />
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