Julliberrie Down, above Chilham and The River Stour and within sight of the distant Canterbury Cathedral provided antiquarian William Stukeley in 1722 with a view and prospect that evoked Britain’s history of Druids, Roman invasion, past grandeur, and prehistoric mystery.

In the summer of 1943, the view and its prospect provided Michael Powell with material for the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale and its poetical and magical vision of the imagined village of Chillingbourne.

Today this view, across the Downs, retains it poetry and fascination. For this exhibition Bryan Hawkins Canterbury Archaeological Trust Artist in Residence has produced paintings drawings and small sculptures, and curated archive images to evoke and celebrate the Genius Loci (Spirit of Place) of Julliberrie Down.