Upland Sheep Grazing
During the Second World War the hill was cultivated, but has now reverted to rough sheep grazing and moorland, and is partly covered by bracken and gorse.
"Hergest" should be pronounced to rhyme with 'hardest' with a hard "g" (as in "garden"). The local dialect pronunciation of the name is actually "Hargest".
The Red Book of Hergest is a medieval Welsh language manuscript stored in the Bodleian library in Oxford.
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