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Clearbury Ring
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2006
Clearbury Ring submitted by JimChampion on 31st May 2006. Southwest ditch and rampart (right) at Clearbury, from grid ref SU15232432. The ramparts were planted with beech trees long ago, as was the fashion to "improve the aspect" of prominent landmarks. Clearbury is a univallate hillfort, meaning that it has a single ditch and bank.
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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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Chysauster
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Chysauster submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Looking West from the settlement site, with the engine-house of the Ding Dong mine visible on the horizon. The site is incredibly well-kept, with just a few visitors late on this bright summer afternoon. Disappointing to find that the fogou has been blocked up for 'safety' reasons.
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Churchyard Cross St Levan
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. On the right, the tall churchyard cross; beyond and to the left the split St Levan Stone. I have read suggestions that the stone represents the female form and the cross represents the male form, or that the proximity of the Christian cross neutralises the pagan influence of the stone.
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Chun Quoit
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Chun Quoit submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Looking East, towards Chun castle (which can be seen the the left of the quoit). Impressive lichen on this side of the quoit. Recent rainfall meant that the chamber within was one big muddy puddle.
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Chun Castle Well
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2005
Chun Castle Well submitted by JimChampion on 24th Oct 2005. August 2004. Chun Castle well inbetween August showers of rain. A spider had spun an enormous web in the well.
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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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Chiselbury
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2007
Chiselbury submitted by JimChampion on 28th Apr 2007. Two-photo composite image of the western side of Chiselbury. The single bank is in the centre, curving to the right. The hillfort interior is on the right and the external ditch is on the left. The yellow flowers are cowslips.
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Chilworth Ring
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2006
Chilworth Ring submitted by JimChampion on 29th May 2006. Chilworth Ring was turned into a circle of expensive detached houses in the mid-twentieth century CE.
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Cheriton Long Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2006
Cheriton Long Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 27th Jun 2006. Looking north at the side of the long barrow mound, which crosses the photo from left to right beyond the oilseed rape. The footpath across the field is on the other side of the barrow, this view is from the field gate on Lamborough Lane. The barrow is covered with grasses and so stands out in this field. It will probably be much more obvious when the oilseed crop has been harvested.
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Chaldon Down
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2008
Chaldon Down submitted by JimChampion on 3rd Jan 2008. Christmas Eve 2007. Looking to the north-east towards the bowl barrow at grid reference SY78318125. This barrow is 14 metres in diameter and up to 1 metre in height, although it has been truncated on its northern side by the construction of a small covered reservoir. The barrow is on the very highest point of Chaldon Down, with views over the sea to the south and the heaths to the north. It is also hard to ignore the concrete Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on top of the barrow mound.
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Chalbury
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2005
Chalbury submitted by JimChampion on 4th Apr 2005. April 2005. Looking west from the top of Chalbury hillfort, the remains of the fortifications are in the foreground. The un-natural pits in the opposite hill are very striking, and I haven't yet found an explanation of them (the OS map and google give nothing). Their grid ref is something like SY687836: anyone know what they are?
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Cerne Abbas Giant
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Cerne Abbas Giant submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004, taken from the car park by the A352 road. The giant is illuminated by afternoon sunshine between the clouds. Very vivid colours on this occasion.
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Castle Piece
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2006
Castle Piece submitted by JimChampion on 3rd Apr 2006. View northeast from on top of the rampart at SU19970890 - the point being that there is not much to see of the earthworks here. The rampart is very slight and there are only traces of an external ditch. From this point the rampart curves round to the left. The fallen tree on the left has toppled from the rampart into the enclosed area. Go on... use your imagination!
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Castle Hill (Hampshire)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2005
Castle Hill (Hampshire) submitted by JimChampion on 15th Jan 2005. January 2005. Looking at Castle Hill from Little Castle Common to the north-west. From this angle the steep natural defences can be appreciated.
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Castle Ditches (Wiltshire)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2007
Castle Ditches (Wiltshire) submitted by JimChampion on 29th Apr 2007. The approach to the southeast side of Castle Ditches is flat, and the earthwork defences on this side are multiplied. This photo is a view along one of the ditches, from the eastern corner, with the hillfort interior towards the right. The earthworks are all densely wooded and at this time of year the ground is thick with bluebells.
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Carn Lês Boel
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Carn Lês Boel submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. View across Mill Bay to the Carn Lês Boel headland, from Carn Boel. The headland is a 'cliff castle', although the remains are very slight. On the left is Nanjizal beach.
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Carn Gluze
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Carn Gluze submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Composite image, taken whilst standing sea-ward of the barrow looking East. The fauna on the barrow is a feast of purples, greens and browns.
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Carn Euny Fogou
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Carn Euny Fogou submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. This picture shows sunlight on the wall of the underground round chamber at Carn Euny. The shadow is cast by a grille in the centre of the roof. The chamber is pleasantly cool on this hot summers day.
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Buxbury Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2007
Buxbury Hill submitted by JimChampion on 6th May 2007. The Buxbury Barrow, barely recognisable under the beech trees on the edge of this wooded area on top of Buxbury Hill. This is a two-photo composite image of the site.
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