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Sherwood Forest

Duration:: 27 minutes

First broadcast:: Saturday 09 April 2011

For this week's Open Country, Richard Uridge is in the Birklands area of Sherwood Forest finding out about its ancient past when he visits Thynghowe, an ancient open-air meeting place where hundreds of Vikings gathered to make important decisions.

Presenter: Richard Uridge
Producer: Helen Chetwynd.

Richard stands on top of Thynghowe with Lynda Mallett and Stuart Reddish

BBC Radio 4Sat 9 Apr 2011 06:07 BBC Radio 4
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