Forest History

Introduction
The history of Ashdown Forest is long and complicated. Artifacts have been found that would indicate that man has occupied the area as far back as the Middle Palaeolithic period (approx. 50,000 years ago). Click on one of the links to the right to find out more about a certain time period.





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Interview with Hugh - a Commoner of Ashdown Forest from the Medieval period