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East Kennett longbarrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 4th Oct 1998
East Kennett longbarrow submitted by Humbucker on 21st Nov 2017. East Kennet Longbarrow. Without the leaves on the trees you can appreciate just how big this longbarrow is!
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Wansdyke
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Wansdyke submitted by Thorgrim on 9th Jun 2005. Section of the Wansdyke where it crosses the road between Fyfield and Alton Priors. Wansdyke stretches for 45 miles from Bristol to Marlborough and can be walked for much of the way. As it is still quite high, it is free from 4x4 off road vandalism and can be a much pleasanter walk than the unfortunate and much abused Ridgeway.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke from SU040666 to SU099647, then back up Kennet Avenue
Horton Down
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Easton Down Long Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Easton Down Long Barrow submitted by dooclay on 28th Aug 2022. Longbarrow from the SE
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Roughridge Hill Long Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Roughridge Hill Long Barrow submitted by dooclay on 28th Aug 2022. Looking back across the Longbarrow
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Old Bath Road Tumulus
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Old Bath Road Tumulus submitted by vieveforward on 23rd Mar 2017. Bronze Age round barrow with WW2 gun emplacement inserted into it. One of the brick entrances can be seen from this side. Visited in December 2014.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Windmill Hill Barrows
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Windmill Hill Barrows submitted by Humbucker on 29th Dec 2018. The big barrow an the top of Windmill Hill.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Picket Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Picket Barrow submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Oct 2003. Picket Barrow is a fine bell-barrow standing within the Causewayed enclosure of Windmill Hill.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Windmill Hill (Avebury)
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Windmill Hill (Avebury) submitted by Postman on 5th Feb 2017. Barrows and ditches
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Longstones Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Longstones Barrow submitted by SumDoood on 6th Sep 2019. 040919: From the WSW.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Longstone Cove
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Longstone Cove submitted by Humbucker on 5th Jan 2019. Longstones Cove basking in the sunlight on one of the last bright days of late Autumn 2018. The Ridgeway looms if the background.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Avebury
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury Aerial 0507 submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Here's my theory: As you can see, the shadows cast on the western side of the circle point to the exact spot for the next stone in line. Perhaps this is why Avebury is more hexagonal in shape than round.
Based on this assumption, then it would be easy to work out the heights of the missing stones without too much difficulty. Maybe the distance between each stone along this side was calculated not by 'linear measurement' but rather set by the preceding stone and shadow cast.
Obviousl...
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Coate circle
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2002. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Coate circle submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Nov 2007. Coate Circle, wedged between Swindon and the M4 Motorway, visited with permission of the landowner 25/11/07. 5 Stones remain in an arc; 1 additional stone is to the SE towards a tree, and a further stone to the S. There is another stone to the W in a field in front of a barn, visible from the main circle.
An attempt to get something atmospheric from the ruinous circle...
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Devils Den
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Devils Den submitted by thecaptain on 18th Sep 2007. The view of Devil's Den in its landscape.
As seen from the pathway down from the ridge from the northeast.
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Log Text: As I was driving westwards along the A4 Sunday afternoon, I decided to stop in at the Devils Den for a look round, having not been there for many years - the stony delights a bit further west usually taking my attention. Knowing it is difficult to park on the A4 in order to walk up the track from Clatford Bottom, I decided to take the little road to the north, I believe towards Manstone farm, where there is a fairly large car park near to the racing stables. From there it is a pleasant walk along the ridge before dropping down into the valley where the Devils Den resides, with some nice views over the site as a whole to be had on the way (it always strikes me what a strange place this is for such a monument, low down in the valley like it is).
Unfortunately, when down on the overgrown trackway along the sarsen scattered valley bottom, there was no way into the field of the dolmen, with fences, nettles and much scrub preventing access to its field. Even getting to a point quite close by is not recommended in shorts - quite a painful experience ! I can only assume that the landowners are perhaps letting a fairly large strip of land become completely overgrown in order to deter people from clambering over the fences to go for a closer look.
Devils Den
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Devils Den submitted by Schofe on 22nd Sep 2014. Taken 21st Sept 2014. My first visit to the Devil's Den on a night organised through friends at Devizes Camera Club. Image made from forty-eight, 30sec exposures merged in Photoshop to create the star trail effect.
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East Kennett garden feature
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
East Kennett garden feature submitted by JJ on 24th Dec 2005. A view of the East Kennet avenue and circle. These must be modern stones, does anyone have more information?
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Lockeridge Grey Wethers
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lockeridge Grey Wethers submitted by Wolfie on 19th Sep 2003. Natural sarsen stones
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Knap Hill
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Knap Hill submitted by Wolfie on 19th Sep 2003. Knap Hill.
Hill fort or settlement
Nearest Town: Marlborough (9km NE)
Ordnance Survey: SU121636
Landranger Sheet: 173
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Adam's Grave (Alton Barnes)
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Adam's Grave (Alton Barnes) submitted by twentytrees on 29th Jul 2006. View from the south-west. The people in the picture are stood above the now ruined chambers where some stones remain.
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Marden Henge
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Marden Henge submitted by Jansold on 24th Jul 2015. View of excavations during summer 2015.
Marden Henge is the biggest henge in England but because it did not have a stone circle associated with it, has tended to be overlooked. A huge mound, like a smaller version of Silbury Hill, named Hatfield Barrow, once existed within the henge, but it was levelled in the 19th C.
Foundations have been excavated within the henge that could have been a Neolithic sauna, containing a sunken hearth that would have given out intense heat.
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