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Black Bush Plain
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2006
Black Bush Plain submitted by JimChampion on 10th Oct 2006. Looking north across Black Bush Plain with the bowl barrow at grid ref SU24831573 in the foreground. The barrow mound measures 10.5m in diameter and 0.6m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound suggests previous robbing or partial
excavation.
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Round Clump
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2006
Round Clump submitted by JimChampion on 26th Oct 2006. Round Clump, near Coombe Bissett,
seen from the byway that skirts its western edge. The clump, which is a small wood, hides the long barrow.
(c) Peter Facey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Whitsbury Down
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2006
Whitsbury Down submitted by JimChampion on 26th Oct 2006. The barrow is separated from a byway by a high hedge and this is all I could see leaning over the fence. The view is along the back of the barrow. To get a better view one would need to revisit when the crop has been harvested.
(c) Peter Facey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Southdown (Dorset)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Oct 2006
Southdown (Dorset) submitted by JimChampion on 28th Oct 2006. July 2005. View east towards the most westerly barrow of the group of four, from the gate at the top of the toll road down to Ringstead. Barrow grid reference: SY74678259.
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The Hurlers Pipers
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2006
The Hurlers Pipers submitted by JimChampion on 31st Oct 2006. August 2006, on a rainy afternoon close by the Hurlers stone circle. The Pipers in monochrome, since the natural colours were so desaturated anyway. A very exposed location. Cornish folklore question: Why would you have pipers at a hurling game?
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Nov 2006
Silbury Hill submitted by JimChampion on 20th Nov 2006. Silbury Hill from the bottom of the path up to the West Kennett long barrow. The autumnal oak on the right usually has 'clouties' hanging from it, there are just a few there at the moment.
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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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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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Avebury Down barrow cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2006
Avebury Down barrow cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 25th Nov 2006. Dusk telephoto shot of one of the beech-planted round barrows on Avebury Down. Taken from the West Kennet avenue. Trees are in transition from summer to winter.
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Smitten Corner
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Dec 2006
Smitten Corner submitted by JimChampion on 24th Dec 2006. The two large barrows at Smitten Corner, from the inland coastal footpath. These barrows are easy to spot from the road from Martinstown to the Hardy Monument, and there is a gravel layby close by (next to the Forestry Commission's "Blackdown" sign). This view is from the other side of the barrows, walking along the footpath along the ridgeway from Upwey.
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Bronkham Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2006
Bronkham Hill submitted by JimChampion on 28th Dec 2006. Looking ESE at the prominent barrow at grid reference SY62358717. This field on top of Bronkham Hill is well-grazed by sheep - some of which can be seen to the right of the barrow next to their feeder. In the foreground there are many sheep footprints in the soil.
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Bishops Limekiln Car Park
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2006
Bishops Limekiln Car Park submitted by JimChampion on 28th Dec 2006. I know nothing about this stone other than the fact it is listed here. I've often driven past the car park and wondered. Stopped off and found it under a tree in the car park. To emphasise the car parkiness of it, my filthy vehicle is visible on the right.
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Bind Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2006
Bind Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 28th Dec 2006. View of Bind Barrow on its hilltop from within the Second World War pillbox on the side of the hill. The barrow is framed by the old doorway to the pillbox, which is now half-blocked by concrete.
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St Augustine's Well (Cerne Abbas)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2006
St Augustine's Well (Cerne Abbas) submitted by JimChampion on 28th Dec 2006. Springwater leaves the upper rectangular pool over a stone block with a semicircular channel cut into it, the fast flow produces some interesting ripple patterns.
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Maumbury Rings
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2006
Maumbury Rings submitted by JimChampion on 28th Dec 2006. A low viewpoint makes the eastern side of the henge entrance look a bit Silbury-like. Very overcast and not a good day for taking pictures of this large grassy earthwork. The size of the bank is not a good indication of its original height - it was greatly added to when the Romans converted the henge into an amphitheatre.
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Hengistbury Head
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2007
Hengistbury Head submitted by JimChampion on 21st Jan 2007. Two-photo composite of the double dykes, viewed from the beach end (rather than the Christchurch harbour end). The ditch has filled in somewhat in the intervening 2000 years. The dykes are now fenced off to reduce wear and tear from visitors' feet. There are some new information boards around the site as well.
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Rainbarrows
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2007
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Cley Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2007
Cley Hill submitted by JimChampion on 16th Apr 2007. A three-photo composite of Cley Hill, from "Little Cley Hill" to the northeast, connected to the main hill by a saddle. This is an impressive piece of geomorphology, a chalk outlier of Salisbury Plain, with some human-added trimmings (the ramparts, lynchets and barrows).
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Grey Mare Processional Way
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2007
Grey Mare Processional Way submitted by JimChampion on 17th Apr 2007. June 2006. This stone lies alongside the footpath that approaches the Kingston Russell stone circle from the southeast, grid reference is approximately SY582873. It is possibly also called the "Goddess stone" (by Peter Knight) - this once is certainly moss covered. It would be easy to miss it in summer when the nettles etc. are high.
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Big Tree Long Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2007
Big Tree Long Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 18th Apr 2007. Hamish on the ploughed-out barrow mound, which now appears to have been left alone by recent ploughing. There are a few small broken stones protruding from the mound. (Portal Meet 15 April 2007)
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