Gainsborough Snow

The village is overshadowed by Watch Hill, with its four ancient tumuli, on the east side, and on the west side by St Stephen’s Beacon. This was called King Pippin’s Mount in ancient times, when Pippin is said to have been buried in a barrow within a fortified enclosure at the summit of the beacon. The whole structure was destroyed by miners seeking stone to build an engine house – remnants of which can still be seen today.