Painswick Beacon and Kimsbury Hillfort

Painswick Beacon was the home of the first inhabitants of Painswick of whom we know anything - tall blonde haired Celts.
Goaded by fear,  they built enormous ramparts rounnd the Beacon summit to keep out hostile neighbours and the dreaded wolf pack that howled through the forest, which then covered the entire parish - and all England - except for a few open hilltops. Trails led through the forest from the mud, wattle and timber huts inside the ramprts of the Beacon to the neighbouring settlements at Crickley by Birdlip and on the spur of Haresfield Beacon.
With eyes and ears constantly alert for wolves, Our Painswick Celts would by day drive their flocks out of the camp through the two gateways in its ramparts - one above Pope's Wood and the other above Paradise.