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Knoll Down tumuli
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2005
Knoll Down tumuli submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Apr 2005. February 2005. Two of the better preserved round barrows on Knoll Down with a picturesque pylon (?) in the background. The trees in the background cover Damerham Knoll and the site of Knoll Camp.
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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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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2005
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum submitted by JimChampion on 30th Apr 2005. March 2005: the front of Salisbury and South Wiltshire museum. The noticeboard features a recommendation from one of Bill Bryson's books: "Salisbury museum is outstanding and I urge you to go there at once."
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Butser Ancient Farm
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2005
Butser Ancient Farm submitted by JimChampion on 1st May 2005. April 2005. The backside of one of the larger roundhouses at Butser Ancient Farm.
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Butser Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2005
Butser Hill submitted by JimChampion on 1st May 2005. April 2005. On the left, the bank of one of the defensive earthworks on Butser Hill. In the foreground, sheep: the hill was home to a prehistoric farm and is still grazed by livestock. Dominating the picture: a modern tribute to the Iron Age roundhouse (covered with scaffolding) which houses the toilets between the car park and picnic area. Not quite as authentic as the buildings at the nearby Butser Ancient Farm.
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King Stone at the Rollrights
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2005
King Stone at the Rollrights submitted by JimChampion on 7th May 2005. February 2005. The King Stone in all its majestic curviness on a bright cold morning, shot through the railings from a low angle. So close that this pic is in fact a composite from two separate images: the software's so good there's just no way of spotting the join. Amazing.
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Beacon Hill (Warnford)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2005
Beacon Hill (Warnford) submitted by JimChampion on 7th May 2005. May 2005. Looking down into the Meon valley from the east-facing spur of Beacon Hill. In the foreground is the saucer barrow, around 15m in diameter and surrounded by a 2.5m ditch and 5m wide outer bank. On the horizon towards the right is Old Winchester Hill which has its own round barrow cemetery.
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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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The Sanctuary.
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2005
The Sanctuary. submitted by JimChampion on 10th May 2005. February 2005. Looking over the Sanctuary site, from the Avenue entrance. The modern ambience is a bit weird, like Woodhenge, with the little concrete markers showing where several phases of posts/stones once stood.
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West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2005
West Kennet Avenue submitted by JimChampion on 10th May 2005. February 2005. A popular view, but I like the quality of the light and colour in this particular picture with the the sun setting behind Walden Hill.
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Chun Castle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2005
Chun Castle submitted by JimChampion on 13th May 2005. August 2004. Looking out from the gateway of Chun Castle, with Chun quoit in the middle distance (to the left of the engine house) and Pendeen church in the distance. This photo was taken just after I was caught in the Cornish rain here: there's no shelter nearby.
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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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