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Penbury Knoll
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2005
Penbury Knoll submitted by JimChampion on 20th Apr 2005. April 2005. Composite image of Penbury Knoll (and Pentridge Hill) from Salisbury Plantation to the southwest.
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Peat Moors Centre
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2006
Peat Moors Centre submitted by JimChampion on 9th Aug 2006. This is as far as we got - its not open on Wednesdays :( As compensation you can turn a handle on the blue box and hear someone tell their memories of cider drinking and peat cutting.
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Parsonage Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2007
Parsonage Hill submitted by JimChampion on 28th Jul 2007. According to the map, the Parsonage Hill barrow should be here somewhere, in the foreground. I think its safe to say that it has been destroyed (or at least all obvious traces have been removed) by deep ploughing.
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Park Hill Camp
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2010
Park Hill Camp submitted by JimChampion on 19th Sep 2010. Iron age fort on the Stourhead estate, on Park Hill (ridge to the west of Six Wells Bottom). Interior of the camp is to the right, on the far side of the bank. There has been some recent clearance of beech trees from this part of the earthworks.
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Overton Hill barrow cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2006
Overton Hill barrow cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 21st Nov 2006. Looking up towards the beech-planted barrows on Overton Hill from the B4003 road that follows the West Kennett Avenue from Avebury down to the village of West Kennett (sign in the foreground).
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Orchardleigh Stones
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2007
Orchardleigh Stones submitted by JimChampion on 18th Apr 2007. The two impressively large stones at Orchardleigh. As seen on the Portal meet 15 April 2007.
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Old Winchester Hill hillfort
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2005
Old Winchester Hill hillfort submitted by JimChampion on 19th Feb 2005. February 2005, looking north at the southern aspect of Old Winchester Hill. The recently-ploughed fields show the underlying chalk in this region. In his ebooklet Andy Barrett suggests that the name of this hillfort is a corruption of the Celtic "Gwynchester" meaning White City, after the appearance of the chalky ramparts when it was first constructed.
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Old Winchester Hill barrow cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2005
Old Winchester Hill barrow cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 19th Feb 2005. February 2005. View of the rare double-disk barrow (centred on grid reference SU63902059) found just outside the western entrance to the hillfort. The hill is a barrow cemetery as well as a hillfort, and the barrows pre-date the construction of the defences.
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Old Sarum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2005
Old Sarum submitted by JimChampion on 26th Jan 2005. January 2005. Eastern side of Old Sarum hillfort, viewed from the earthworks at Figsbury Rings, 5km to the east.
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Ober Heath
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2006
Ober Heath submitted by JimChampion on 24th Nov 2006. The bowl barrow on Ober Heath - a flat-topped low-profile barrow on the open heath north of Ober Water. The surroundings are covered with heather, whereas the barrow sports a plume of (dying) bracken.
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Oakley Down Barrows
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2005
Oakley Down Barrows submitted by JimChampion on 9th Apr 2005. April 2005. A view NW from the Ackling Dyke with round barrows in the Oakley Down cemetery in the foreground and the remains of the Wor long barrow on the horizon (left of the tall round barrow). When the Romans built the Ackling Dyke they drove it straight through the cemetery, over the top of two disc barrows.
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Nuthanger Down
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2005
Nuthanger Down submitted by JimChampion on 13th Jun 2005. The Nuthanger Down bowl barrow. The overgrown bell barrow is on the other side. Part of a horse jump is peeking in on the left. We had our lunch here, with excellent views over Hampshire to the south (and possibly the Isle of Wight?).
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Northdown (Dorset)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2005
Northdown (Dorset) submitted by JimChampion on 5th Apr 2005. April 2005. The group of round barrows nearest to the ruins of Northdown Barn: those on the highest ground (near a trig point) are 158m above sea level but only 2km from the sea. A spectacularly lofty resting place for any Bronze-ager.
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Nordon Hill Tumulus
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2005
Nordon Hill Tumulus submitted by JimChampion on 4th Feb 2005. January 2005. The Norden Hill tumulus, viewed from the west. It stands on the chalk ridge of Norden Hill, a few hundred metres east of the Dorsetshire Gap: a confluence of ancient trackways. The barrow is broad, uneven, and has a depression at its summit.
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Nine Stones (Dorset)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Nine Stones (Dorset) submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. Boxing Day 2004. Composite image. A bright sunny morning, but the trees keep this little circle in the shade. Only eight stones are visible: the ninth is being engulfed by the roots of the large beech tree on the left of the picture.
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Nine Stones (Altarnun)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 15th Aug 2007
Nine Stones (Altarnun) submitted by JimChampion on 15th Aug 2007. Three of the stones in the south-western quadrant of this restored stone circle. The deep puddles are in holes created by cattle that use the stones as scratching posts - there aren't many trees or fences out here on East Moor.
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Niedersächsischen Landesmuseums Hannover
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2007
Niedersächsischen Landesmuseums Hannover submitted by JimChampion on 14th Jul 2007. Looking down on the Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum building from the viewing gallery at the top of the New Town Hall (Neue Rathaus) in Hannover.
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Nettlecombe Tout
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2005
Nettlecombe Tout submitted by JimChampion on 1st Feb 2005. January 2005. Looking southwest along the top of the rampart. The ditch is to the left and the fort is to the right. This end of the bank has recently been cleared of trees, but the rest of it is still fairly densely covered. The interior of the fort is grazed by sheep.
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Mulfra Quoit
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Mulfra Quoit submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Taken looking west at sunset. We only just made it to the quoit before the sun set, but were rewarded with spectacular ambience. Running up the bracken-covered hillside from the Try Vally, the quoit was hidden from view until we got very close to it. A lot of anticipation, capped by a pleasant surprise. Its not obvious where to park for access from the Try Valley, there is a shallow lay-by at SW454356.
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Moyles Court bowl barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2008
Moyles Court bowl barrow submitted by JimChampion on 2nd Feb 2008. Approaching the barrow on its lofty perch, from the west. The routes up have worn through the thin soil to the underlying gravel.
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