Gloucestershire

The county of Gloucestershire encompasses a wide variety of landscapes, from the mix of urban and traditional farming communities (now more often dormitory settlements) in the south, by way of the woodland and estuarine zones of the west, to the Cotswold hills of the north and east. It is hard to think of a definitive site or settlement that really sums up the county, and Current Archaeology’s coverage is similarly varied. This is, I should emphasise, a strength, not a weakness. North and west Gloucestershire One of the county’s most famous sites lies just to the south-east of Cheltenham and Gloucester, and is well worth a visit. Mighty Crickley Hill is a well-known local landmark,