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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scratchbury Camp
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2007
Scratchbury Camp submitted by JimChampion on 22nd Apr 2007. Two-photo composite image of Scratchbury Hill, from Middle Hill to the northwest. The double ramparts are clearly visible, as is the large barrow on the southwestern slope of the hill (to the right of this photo, within the ramparts).
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Battlesbury Camp
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2007
Battlesbury Camp submitted by JimChampion on 22nd Apr 2007. Two-photo composite image of the northwest entrance to Battlesbury hillfort, grid reference ST896458. An Iron Age cemetery was found outside this entrance (to the right). The strong colours are a result of shooting towards the sun.
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Middle Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2007
Middle Hill submitted by JimChampion on 24th Apr 2007. View southeast towards Middle Hill from the footpath on Battlesbury Hill. The row of white-topped posts indicates a cutting which contains a 'tank road' between the Warminster Training Centre and the Imber Range.
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Bratton Long Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2007
Bratton Long Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 25th Apr 2007. The Bratton Camp long barrow, viewed from the southeast. The barrow mound is long and very lumpy.
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Bratton Camp
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2007
Bratton Camp submitted by JimChampion on 25th Apr 2007. A view of the southeast corner of Bratton Camp. The two banks are roughly the same height here on the gently sloping hill. In the foreground a path enters the hillfort (to the left) through one of the original entrances. This is a two-photo composite image, which explains some of the some of the distortion towards the edges.
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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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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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Sutton Down long barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2007
Sutton Down long barrow submitted by JimChampion on 6th May 2007. Two-photo composite image of the long barrow on Sutton Down. In the distance, to the left of the barrow, is the chalk scarp which is home to the Fovant Regimental Badges and Chiselbury hillfort.
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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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Vernditch Chase (North)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2008
Vernditch Chase (North) submitted by JimChampion on 27th Jan 2008. Composite image, from two separate photographs. Viewing the wasted barrow mound from the south-west.
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Alexander Keiller Museum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2008
Alexander Keiller Museum submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2008. The door to the Barn Gallery at Avebury. The barn is kept very cool in order to preserve the structure of the 17th century building, so it only houses a few archaeological exhibits - according to the NT leaflet it 'tells the story of the landscape through a fully interactive display'. Most of the archaeology collection is in the nearby Stables Gallery. Both are covered by the same admission ticket, unless you are a member of the National Trust (in which case both galleries are free).
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