A teeming mass of Ramsons aka Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum). A typical sight in Wales or the West Country but uncommon in Southern England. They grow in great profusion along Tatmore Hills Lane near Preston, Hertfordshire and in an adjacent dell. There are no other colonies of this scale anywhere nearby; this enclave must have persisted for millennia. 

 I have made mention before that this locale has a 'primitive' feel and may have been a sacred grove for the Welei. These were a group of 60-100 people who lived in the surrounding woodland and pasture a thousand years ago. They are referenced in the Domesday Book of 1086 and not much heard of thereafter-  possibly due to the arrival of the Black Death on these shores. [see entries dated 16th. December 2024 and 2nd. January 2025]

 Several local historians have suggested they lived communally and worshipped nature. Perhaps it's a bit fanciful to speculate that they were Pagan communards. But what is the point of wandering through the English countryside if you can't be fanciful?