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Mizmaze
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Turf Maze
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2005
Mizmaze submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Jan 2005. January 2005. Composite image. The information board at the site says that the maze is unlikely to have existed before the 17th century. Behind the maze, the original entrance to the St Catherine's Hill hillfort is visible as a gap in the ramparts.
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Danebury Ring
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2005
Danebury Ring submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Jan 2005. January 2005. View of Danebury's entrance from the nearby OS trig-point. The outer rampart on the southern side (to the left of the picture) is still wooded with beech trees, although the inner ramparts have been cleared.
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Toothill Camp
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2005
Toothill Camp submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Jan 2005. January 2005. Early morning view of Toothill Camp from Hoe Lane to the north. The area is busy with high-voltage electricity lines. The mature redwoods growing on the site are clearly visible, but its not possible to get close enough to see the defences.
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Bury Hill (Hampshire)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2005
Bury Hill (Hampshire) submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Jan 2005. January 2005. View looking north from the western portion of the ditch between the two ramparts. The ditch is wide and deep, with plenty of yew, silver birch and beech trees. The ditch on the eastern side is less heavily wooded, and churned up by farm machinery. Plenty of wildlife here, but little in the way of pre-historic remains.
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Stockbridge Down field boundary
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2005
Stockbridge Down field boundary submitted by JimChampion on 25th Jan 2005. January 2005. Looking north-east along the bivallate field boundary on Stockbridge down. The earthworks curve to the left, and the south-facing ramparts of Woolbury hillfort can be seen in the distance. The earthworks are well preserved but difficult to photograph, especially on this dim rainy winter afternoon.
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Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2005
Stockbridge Down Bowl Barrows submitted by JimChampion on 25th Jan 2005. January 2005. A view of the largest bowl barrow on Stockbridge Down, looking south. It is not very high, and has a fairly recent (and tasteful) fence protecting it.
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Beacon Hill (Burghclere)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2005
Beacon Hill (Burghclere) submitted by JimChampion on 17th Feb 2005. February 2005. Looking at the south-western ditch and rampart on Beacon Hill from the corner occupied by Lord Carnarvon's grave. The earthworks enclose about 12 acres and give the camp an 'hourglass' shape, with the entrance on the southern corner.
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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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Stocks farm long barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2005
Stocks farm long barrow submitted by JimChampion on 19th Feb 2005. View of the "Giant's grave" barrow, as close as you can get without standing on private property.
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Knap Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Feb 2005
Knap Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 27th Feb 2005. February 2005. Longer but less prominent than the neighbouring Grans Barrow, the Knap barrow lies on a NW-SE axis. Viewed from the north-east in this composite image, on a cold winters day.
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Matley Heath
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2005
Matley Heath submitted by JimChampion on 5th Mar 2005. March 2005. Looking northwards at the northenmost barrow of this pair, with its ditch clearly visible. Its summit has been mutilated.
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Ashurst Lodge Earthworks
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2005
Ashurst Lodge Earthworks submitted by JimChampion on 5th Mar 2005. March 2005. Not an easy-to-photograph site. This view shows the ditch on the northern side of the earthworks (that closest the river) which now supports many silver birch and beech trees.
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Shirley Holms
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2005
Shirley Holms submitted by JimChampion on 13th Mar 2005. Looking north at one of the bowl barrows in this group of four. In the foreground is a circle about 20m in diameter, worn into the chalky ground. The circle is striking but not pre-historic: most likely to be some kind of pony training circuit.
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Buckland Rings
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2005
Buckland Rings submitted by JimChampion on 12th Mar 2005. A view along the southern edge of the earthworks: the triple banks are quite densely wooded with beech and oak.
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Ashley Cross tumuli
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2005
Ashley Cross tumuli submitted by JimChampion on 19th Mar 2005. March 2005. Looking north at the round barrow at SU20631431.
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Telegraph Hill Bowl Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2005
Telegraph Hill Bowl Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 19th Mar 2005. March 2005. The Telegraph Hill bowl barrow from the south with the trees of the Telegraph Hill plantation behind.
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Clay Hill tumuli
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Mar 2005
Clay Hill tumuli submitted by JimChampion on 26th Mar 2005. March 2005. Looking north at the bowl barrow at SU235027. Much of the gorse around the barrow has been burned recently, and some of the gorse on the barrow has been cut back manually. The nearby bell barrow is only just recognisable and not at all photogenic.
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Longdown (New Forest) tumuli
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2005
Longdown (New Forest) tumuli submitted by JimChampion on 28th Mar 2005. A composite image of the bowl barrow at grid ref SU36390822, with Ipley Inclosure in the background. According to Hampshire Treaures this barrow is 9m in diameter, 0.8m high, and has a large crater mutilation. Traces of a ditch are found on the south side (the far side in the picture), noticeable because no heather grows in the ditch.
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Vernditch Chase (South)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2005
Vernditch Chase (South) submitted by JimChampion on 18th Apr 2005. April 2005. Composite view of the western side of the Vernditch Chase (South) long barrow.
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