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Blagdon Hill tumuli
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2005
Blagdon Hill tumuli submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Apr 2005. March 2005. Two bowl barrows on Blagdon Hill. The horse is standing on the bank of Grim's Ditch (whick merges with the smaller barrow) and the individual trees on the far left of the photo are growing on the Bokerley Dyke.
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Bokerley Dyke
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2005
Bokerley Dyke submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Apr 2005. March 2005. Looking south along the sinuous Bokerley Dyke on a misty day with Hampshire on the left (the ditched side) and Dorset on the right. The Martin Down nature reserve is on the left and the field on the right contains the site of the Dorset Cursus northeastern terminal and two long barrows.
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Bokerley Dyke
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2005
Bokerley Dyke submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Apr 2005. March 2005. Looking south along the sinuous Bokerley Dyke on a misty day with Hampshire on the left (the ditched side) and Dorset on the right. The Martin Down nature reserve is on the left and the field on the right contains the site of the Dorset Cursus northeastern terminal and two long barrows.
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Kingston Russell 1
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2005
Kingston Russell 1 submitted by JimChampion on 24th Apr 2005. April 2005. Looking west along the remains of this neolithic long barrow, classed by some as a "bank barrow". It is in a sorry state, with an eroded bank cut through in several places by recent tracks and has barely noticeable ditches. The cows have left their usual mark.
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Culliford Tree
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2005
Culliford Tree submitted by JimChampion on 24th Apr 2005. April 2005. Looking east from Whitcombe Lane at an alignement of three round barrows in the Came Wood cemetery. The impressive Broadmayne bank barrow is on the same alignment, just the other side of the hedge. The ominous clouds signal the arrival of heavy rain.
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Whitcombe 1
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2005
Whitcombe 1 submitted by JimChampion on 24th Apr 2005. April 2005. Not easy to photograph as the long barrow is overgrown in the corner of Came Wood. This is a view of the NE end of the barrow, with its overlying bowl barrow, taken from atop the roots of a fallen tree.
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Long Bredy Bank Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2005
Long Bredy Bank Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 25th Apr 2005. April 2005. A composite view of the bank barrow, looking south from the field gate (standing on the gatepost to get a better view). The curvature of the appropriately named Long Barrow Hill means that it is difficult to see the barrow from this close distance. The break in the bank is clearly visible, occurring about a third of the way along the barrows 200m length.
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Kingston Russell Stone 3
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2005
Kingston Russell Stone 3 submitted by JimChampion on 25th Apr 2005. April 2005. View of the east side of the conglomerate stone on top of the bowl barrow. The stone's dimensions are roughly 2x1x0.5m. The flinty barrow it stands on has been badly eroded by burrowing animals: from a distance the exposed chalk and soil is more visible than the stone itself.
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Kingston Russell 2
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2005
Kingston Russell 2 submitted by JimChampion on 25th Apr 2005. April 2005. Looking southwest at the low profile of the bank barrow. The earthworks are quite obvious if you're there, but its very difficult to photograph (no contrast, only grass on grass). The taller SE end is visible on the left of the photo and the trees are behind the barrow (along the field's edge) rather than growing on it.
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Long Bredy 2
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2005
Long Bredy 2 submitted by JimChampion on 27th Apr 2005. April 2005. Looking north at the long barrow, with its larger eastern end nearer the camera. The earthwork behind the western end is a modern farm reservoir with a level signal sticking out of the top.
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Martin's Down Bell Barrows
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2005
Martin's Down Bell Barrows submitted by JimChampion on 27th Apr 2005. April 2005. The bowl barrow at grid ref SY570910, with its friend the OS trig point (a modern standing stone?) and The Knoll (near Pucknowle) in the mist in the distance. Taken whilst squatting in the ditch of the cross dyke that separates this promontory off from the rest of Martin's Down. This small round barrow is only 50m SW of the SW end of the Long Bredy bank barrow - most of the nearby round barrows are found nearer the other end of the bank barrow.
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Poor Lot Barrows
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2005
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by JimChampion on 27th Apr 2005. April 2005. Looking down at the Poor Lot barrow cemetery from Pitcombe Down. Huge numbers of lumps and bumps are visible, as well as the depressions of long-gone round barrows (in the foreground and on the opposite hillside). The busy A35 road is hidden in the valley.
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Holdenhurst Long Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2005
Holdenhurst Long Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 8th May 2005. January 1936. The first known deliberate use of a mechanical excavator to assist archaeological trench digging. The person in the picture is George Willmot, and the photo is believed to have been taken by Stuart Piggott who led the rescue work at the site. This photo is reproduced by the kind permission of David Allen, Senior Keeper of Archaeology with the Hampshire Museums service.
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Bindon Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2005
Bindon Hill submitted by JimChampion on 14th May 2005. The context of the fort, on top of Bindon Hill and towering over Lulworth Cove. The cove would have been an important harbour for early Iron Age settlers/invaders arriving from the continent, and it is suggested that the defensive earthworks of Bindon Hill were a hurried beach-head fortification to secure control of the cove.
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Woodbury Hill (Dorset)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2005
Woodbury Hill (Dorset) submitted by JimChampion on 5th Jun 2005. Here's the eastern bank of Woodbury's defences: but where's the ditch? The answer is that there used to be a second, outer rampart, but this was quarried away for its gravel. The remains of the outer rampart and the infilled ditch form a broad terrace on the eastern side of the hillfort.
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Poundbury
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2005
Poundbury submitted by JimChampion on 5th Jun 2005. Looking south across the Frome valley at the ramparts of Poundbury hillfort. You can see its rectangular perimeter in this composite picture - no wonder the Romans liked the site. Parts of modern Dorchester can be seen poking out e.g. the keep-like military museum is on the left. (The line in the sky is a power cable that I couldn't get away from).
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Flower's Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2005
Flower's Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 5th Jun 2005. June 2005. Looking across to Flower's barrow cliff fort from Mupe bay. A patch of sunlight is illuminating the hill and the outline of the ramparts can be made out against the sky. The right hand side of the fort is disappearing into the sea! We had walked far enough to get to this point, keeping on going to Flower's barrow was out of the question. Not an easy site to access!
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Maiden Castle Barrow Cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jul 2005
Maiden Castle Barrow Cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 26th Jul 2005. Looking north at the most prominent barrow of the cemetery, from the edge of the Maiden Castle visitors' car park. The barrow can also be seen from the nearby Dorchester by-pass, a few weeks earlier I was passing by and the barrow seemed to be stood amid a sea of blue cornflower.
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Rawlsbury Camp
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2005
Rawlsbury Camp submitted by JimChampion on 8th Oct 2005. September 2005. Looking down at Rawlsbury hillfort from Bulbarrow Hill, in strong midday autumn sunlight. The ramparts follow the contours of the chalk spur that it sits on. In the distance are the tree-covered slopes of Nettlecombe Tout hillfort.
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Bradford Peverell 2
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2006
Bradford Peverell 2 submitted by JimChampion on 9th Apr 2006. Boxing Day 2005. Looking northwest towards the long barrow from the course of the Roman aqueduct at SY675914. I have circled the lump on the horizon which is all that remains of this barrow (looking at almost end-on). According to the Magic map there are several round barrows below in the green field.
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