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Chalbury
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chalbury Hillfort / Bincombe Barrows submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Nov 2003. How much archaeology can you fit in one picture / location? Grid ref SY695838 Chalbury Hillfort, viewed from the south. Picture taken shortly after sunrise on 1st November 2003. 1) The hillfort is on the right hand side, the most prominent hill between the pylons. 2) To the right of the hillfort, on the horizon, is Came Wood / Down Barrow Cemetery. 3) In the centre, highest of all, are the Bincombe Barrows - which have notable finds. 4) Below left on the side of the round hill are mediaeval stri...
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Log Text: A peaceful place to visit, with stunning views all around.
Upwey Wishing Well
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Upwey Wishing Well submitted by TimPrevett on 21st May 2005. The gorgeous setting of Upwey Wishing Well. See the main entry for details. I have tested the water for ailments of the feet - a badly sprained ankle dipped for about 10 seconds on 5 occasions. Wonderfully refreshing cold flowing water to swollen and bruised tendons, but have had nothing miraculous!
This view looks downstream.
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Great Hill (Martinstown)
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Great Hill (Martinstown) submitted by TimPrevett on 24th May 2005. Great Hill barrows - some massive, some very small, and some near impossible to see.
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Ridge Hill
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ridge Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 24th May 2005. The Ridge Hill barrows are harder to see; many are behind field boundaries and tall hedges, and others are considerably denuded.
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Upwey Ridgeway
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Upwey Ridgeway Barrow Cemetery submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Nov 2003. Upwey Ridgeway Barrow Cemetery (SY663866)
This is taken from the Bincombe Barrows, at sunset on 31st October 2003. A breathtaking location. The barrows for this are not obvious, but looking west from where I was, this was the most obtrusive barrow I could locate, with the wonderfully atmospheric view.
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Bincombe Down
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bincombe Down submitted by AngieLake on 10th May 2015. The two barrows which I'm calling Bincombe Down or Bincombe Barn (east), until someone else comes up with the right name! View on approach in field.
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Ridgeway Hill
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ridgeway Hill submitted by TimPrevett on 15th Jan 2021. A round barrow (visible back right) adjacent the site of 50 plus Viking executions at the hands of Anglo Saxons in a disused Roman quarry on the east side of the Roman Road from Weymouth to Dorchester - now the Weymouth Relief Road. Considerate parking near the bridge over the A354 to the west of Bincombe Down. Interpretation panels for the barrows and Viking executions a short walk through a gate. The barrow particularly good to view from the south west side.
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Log Text: Site is on one of my regular walks as I live nearby.
Hardy Monument Barrows
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Hardy Monument Barrows submitted by bec-zog on 20th Oct 2003. SY 612874. A much disturbed Bronze Age Bell Barrow. Central primary burial with four secondary Urn-burials in barrow mound . To the east a 1.6km line of 30+ barrows extends across Bronkham hill
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Smitten Corner
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Smitten Corner submitted by TimPrevett on 23rd May 2005. At least three barrows are visible next to this path, looking north west, where the path emerges from the wood near Hardy Monument.
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Bronkham Hill
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bronkham Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 9th May 2019. A small surface hole has opened up to a huge sink hole on Bronkham Hill, West Dorset.
"The sink hole now appears stable and the National Trail is open. Sink holes occur naturally, but our advice is always take care and if you have concerns report them to Dorset Council."
For more information, see News from Dorset Council
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Log Text: One of my favourite places to visit- a short walk from Hardy's monument. Gorgeous scenery all around.
Black Down (Dorset)
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Black Down (Dorset) submitted by TimPrevett on 15th Jan 2021. "The Black Down stone circle consists of five ‘totems’ built from local Forest Marble stone. One is aligned with true north and the other four with the midwinter and midsummer solstice sunrises and sunsets. In clear conditions at each of these times, the Sun’s full disc shines through an opening in one of the totems, lighting up a central rock of Portland stone."
"The circle is part of a larger project that finds creative ways to navigate and explore the South Dorset Ridgeway. A second ...
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Agglestone
Date Added: 26th Apr 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Agglestone submitted by TimPrevett on 12th Aug 2005. Shropshire Traveller, Cassie the Dog, Teufel, Sharon, Izzy and Nat (front) at the enormous Agglestone - an outcrop of ironstone, which sits upon a mound within a vast natural amphitheatre. It used to be erect, and able to rock (ie. a logan stone), but the stone is now fallen. Attributed to Satanic throwing, and fancifully used for druidic rites, it is impressive. The rock is ironstone, and if you look carefully, in many places the rock does actually look like badly rusted metal. On the Dorset Me...
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Broadmayne Bank Barrow
Date Added: 25th Apr 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Broadmayne Bank Barrow submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Nov 2003. Came Wood Barrow Cemetery (SY699855)
This cemetery extends from the wood, across the hill top, with a glorious view to the coast, including Chalbury Hill Fort, and the impressive Bincombe Barrows.
This picture is taken on top of only one of three bank barrows (all in Dorset) with two round barrows to the left (N); the barrows go from behind the camera through the fields and into the wood.
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Whitcombe 1
Date Added: 25th Apr 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
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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Whitcombe
Date Added: 25th Apr 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Whitcombe submitted by TimPrevett on 9th Apr 2005. The standing stone at Whitcombe, with church boundary wall built around it. See main entry for more details.
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National Park Visitors Centre Postbridge
Date Added: 23rd Apr 2023
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
National Park Visitors Centre Postbridge submitted by dodomad on 12th Jul 2022. New centre, double in size, our state-of-the-art centre features the latest technology to bring history to life in amazing detail, giving you a unique and special experience.
One of the highlights is the story of the internationally significant Bronze Age finds at Whitehorse Hill.
In 2011, a cist was excavated at Whitehorse Hill when one of the stones fell out of the peat mound covering it. Due to the unusual conditions amazingly, cremated human remains and other organic material had b...
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Rudston Monolith
Date Added: 22nd Apr 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Drizzlecombe row 1
Date Added: 22nd Apr 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 1996. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe row 1 submitted by Karen on 27th Oct 2003. Drizzlecombe SE row looking up the row from its longstone
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Drizzlecombe Settlement
Date Added: 22nd Apr 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 1996. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Drizzlecombe Settlement submitted by ernar on 17th Oct 2004. Settlement ruins on Drizzlecombe. With a breathtaking view of the megalithic complex and the valley, this settlement was located uphill from the several cairns and Stone Rows forming the Complex. Behind the stone maniacs and the grass managers (sheep) you can see the westernmost cairn shown on the OS map.
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Maumbury Rings
Date Added: 21st Apr 2023
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Maumbury Rings submitted by Postman on 24th Mar 2020. 14.03 pm, 21st March 2020
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