# Kent Ramblers: Walk 406

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## Points of Interest

### Hill Fort

The iron age hill fort is now 
						heavily wooded and difficult to inspect. 
						Briefly in 1961 parts were cleared of trees and 
						an archaeological investigation undertaken. 
						This revealed clearly the construction of the 
						ditches around the site but very few artifacts were 
						found, suggesting that the fort was little used.

It may be coincidence that in 1927 
						a hoard of iron age coins was found on Hosey Common but 
						equally they could be contemporaneous with the fort. 
						The fourteen coins, made of gold, silver and 
						copper, were contained within a naturally hollowed out 
						sphere of flint. 
						The find was dated to around 100 BC.

### Chartwell

For many years the home of Winston 
						Churchill, Chartwell offers not just the opportunity to 
						tour the house with its displays of Churchillian 
						memorabilia but also an exhibition of his paintings, a 
						large garden with black swans on the lake, a woodland 
						walk with fine bluebells in spring, an adventure trail 
						for the children and of course the tea-room/restaurant 
						and shop.  
						Belongs to the National Trust.

### Quebec House

...was the childhood home of 
						General James Wolfe who died in the Battle of Quebec 
						while commanding the forces that seized the town from 
						the French in 1775. 
						The house belongs to the National Trust and its 
						opening times depend on the season.

### Westerham 
						Green

The statue of Sir Winston Churchill 
						was sculpted by Oscar Nemon and stands on a plinth given 
						by Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia in 1969.

### Public Transport

Westerham is quite well served by 
						buses, for example from Sevenoaks.

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