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Mystery dells of the Chiltern’s ancient woodlands
A feature of many of the Chiltern ancient woodlands are the mysterious dells. These dells are often referred to as chalk pits. They vary in size but many are huge excavations, so what was their...
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Moated mystery
Wildwood -NW corner of mystery Enclosure bank and ditch Within the Wildwood is a small rhomboid shaped bank and ditch, in fact this was the first archaeological feature to be recognised way back in...
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Tree Felling in the Wildwood
The woodmen are coming Good oak butts awaiting collection from the old drovers lane Firewood grade ash, the per ton value is measured by the loaded lorry It is time to thin the trees, to bring down...
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The Wildwood Blog
The Wildwood Muntjac deer are often seen in daytime or heard close by barking loudly to others I have been acquainted with this secluded 42 acres since a teenager but it has only been the last few...
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Wildwood flowers
The tree fellers have gone, but not without doing considerable harm to the sensitive ecology and shallow archaeology in my opinion, I think that the Forestry Commission needs to be more aware of this...
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Spirit of the Wildwood
The green and the blue The Wildwood is a nature photographer’s paradise and I never visit without my camera. Recently I experimented by taking some ‘art’ pictures, the bluebells were at their best and...
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Mary Rose — making a sailor’s boxwood hair comb
Mary Rose Comb by Stuart King, 2013 Henry the Eighth must have been gutted when on the 19 July 1545 at the Battle of the Solent, His flagship the Mary Rose sank because it was top heavy while leading...
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Hidden Wildwood Camera
In one corner of the Wildwood is a pheasant feeder, this distributes grain in the hope of attracting these colourful birds from neighbouring estates to take up residency and so add to the already rich...
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The Speckled Wood Butterfly
This has been a fantastic year for the Speckled Wood butterfly. There has been fierce competition for the shafts of sunlight that our 2013 summer has provided in abundance. I never tire of watching...
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Beech Nuts in the wild
While many trees and shrubs exhibit distinctive spring flowers there are some that are more discreet, the beech is one of these and most folk would be hard put to recognise a beech flower. Earlier this...
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The Romans were here!
The Wildwood has many secrets, some of them very ancient but some of them have left tiny clues on the woodland floor. Most Chiltern woodland contain mysterious banks and ditches, some mark ownership...
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The BBC TV news visits the Wildwood
The BBC TV news visited the Wildwood to see a few of my discoveries recently, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1os0-jqfk4 particularly from the Roman era. Presenter Sandra Harris and cameraman Charlie...
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Mystery of the Moor—4000 years of woodturning
In August 2011, an early Bronze Age 4,000 years old cist—a small burial chamber made of thin stone slabs—was discovered on Dartmoor. Inside were the cremated remains of a female, and, almost uniquely...
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Wildwood Archaeology
Holly Clearance The Wildwood is still giving up its secrets, albeit slowly. Exploration started rather late due to a wet spring but continued well into the autumn with each carefully dug and recorded...
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I built an Automaton
Fun objects such as this automaton can amuse and entertain using the simplest of mechanical technology and can be made by anyone using basic woodworking skills. We all like objects that move and do...
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