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Wareham Walls
Date Added: 21st Oct 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett on 28th Apr 2005. Looking up to the outside of the West Wall of Wareham. As I child I walked along these walls to the nearby primary and secondary schools - the walls seemed even more imposing than they do now; and they still seem imposing.
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Log Text: A dull drizzly morning, so go for a look round Wareham, and walk all around the Saxon town walls, with the Saxon church of St. Martin-on-the-Walls on top by the northern entrance.
Corfe Castle West Hill barrows
Date Added: 21st Oct 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Corfe Common submitted by JimChampion on 20th Aug 2006. A broad view of Corfe from the south, showing the Castle Hill between West Hill (left) and East Hill (right). There are round barrows on the summits of West and East Hills, and a linear cemetery of round barrows on Corfe Common (the area seen in front of the village, above the drystone wall).
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Log Text: A very steep walk up from Corfe Castle, where a slight mound can be found at the top of West Hill directly overlooking the Castle. A short distance to the west along the ridgetop and just below the ridgetop is a much more substantial circular earthwork which is a much better condition barrow. The ordnance survey feature marked tumulus aligns with this. Checking this and there is apparently the remains of three barrows here.
Knowle Hill Cross Dyke
Date Added: 21st Oct 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Knowle Hill Cross Dyke submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Oct 2021. On the top of the ridge
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Log Text: Remains of a cross dyke is found crossing the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end. There are other cross dykes crossing this ridge at various places.
Knowle Hill Barrows
Date Added: 21st Oct 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Knowle Hill Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Oct 2021. Remains of several small barrows are found on the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end.
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Log Text: Remains of several small barrows are found on the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end.
Rempstone
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Rempstone submitted by Postman on 24th Mar 2020. The tree stump bottom left has some..... erm equinox gifting, shiny stones some with fossils.
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Log Text: A quick look during a weekend in Purbeck. I found about 8 or 9 stones in the woods at the side of the road, probably in a circular shape, mostly well overgrown with brambles and ferns, with no way of telling what was really there, and could not see more than two stones at a time! Many of the stones had coins placed on them. A bit further along was a sort of stone setting, perhaps once part of an avenue, of which there was no way of telling whether ancient or some sort of stone clearance.
Rempstone
Date Added: 20th Oct 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2002
Rempstone submitted by Postman on 24th Mar 2020. The tree stump bottom left has some..... erm equinox gifting, shiny stones some with fossils.
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Log Text: Visit after a cycling weekend in Purbeck. I remember it being difficult to get into the wood to look at the stones, but once in there seeing a lot of stones seemingly littered around, with a few standing making a part of a small circle near to the road. Once known where it was, seeing one or two stones from the road as passing was possible, with one nice large stone stood at the edge of the woodland. Some of the stones had coins inserted into crevices.
Swyre Head
Date Added: 19th Oct 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Swyre Head submitted by JimChampion on 26th Apr 2008. The barrow on Swyre Head from the north-west. The permissive path from the coastal path at Rope Lake Head ends at the stile in the foreground, after a very steep climb up the escarpment.
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Log Text: Walking with friends out to Swyre Head then down to the coast path and along to Kimmeridge and back along the ridge. This huge mound has beautiful views but is much modified for its previous use as a windmill base, now a perfect place for a sit.
The Harp Stone
Date Added: 19th Oct 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
The Harp Stone submitted by JimChampion on 19th Apr 2008. The Harp Stone stands on a bank that divided the medieval manorial estates of Herpston and Hyde. On the far side of the stone is a hollow way, an old route down the hill from Kimmeridge that eventually led to Creech on the far side of the chalk ridge.
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Log Text: Walking with friends from Swyre head to Kimmeridge. Up to the ridge again after lunch, where I went down the other side to look for the Harp Stone before returning to the ridge to join with the others who had waited. I was expecting to see the stone in the hedge at the far side of the field like the pictures on the portal, but no such luck, as the hedge was very overgrown. At first I found a tree stump, then a shiny pile of bracken but no sign of the stone. Up and down the hedge a couple of times, but before I gave up I got the gps out and the detailed OS map, giving me the best info I could have to find the stone. Eventually I saw it in the hedge, all overgrown and hiding behing a couple of vicious blackthorn bushes, which made me bleed as I was trying to get a picture of the stone between them. Only the top few feet of it could be seen, but it was still there. I had a very satisfied walk back across the field and up to the ridge to meet the others I was out walking with before returning to Swyre Head.
Nympsfield
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Nympsfield submitted by AngieLake on 11th Oct 2015. A magical double rainbow (you can't see the upper arc here) over Nympsfield longbarrow, viewed from the rear of the mound. 22nd Sept.
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Log Text: Fabulous loop walk from Coaley Peak picnic area, starting with a look at Nympsfield long barrow, then down through and past the lakes of Woodchester Park, back up through the vineyards to Selsey Common, before turning back along the Cotswold Way through the lovely woodland on the edge of the hills.
Randwick Cross Dyke
Date Added: 27th Sep 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Randwick Cross Dyke submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 20th Jun 2011. The Cross Dyke looking SE from the Cotswold Way.
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Log Text: Up in the woods at Randwick, and beyond the mountain biking trails and longbarrow, there is a crossdyke across the wooded ridge, basically a couple of banks with ditch between
Randwick Barrows
Date Added: 27th Sep 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Randwick Barrows submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 20th Jun 2011. The NE Round Barrow of the pair.
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Log Text: Up in the woods at Randwick, and in amongst all the mountain biking trails north of the longbarrow can be found a couple of low round barrows, which would be difficult to find if not using my GPS.
Randwick Long Barrow
Date Added: 27th Sep 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Randwick Long Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 13th Apr 2009. The massive bulk of Randwick longbarrow viewed from the north.
The remaining mound is about 55 metres in length, up to half as wide, and still 4 metres in height.
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Log Text: Cotswold Way loop walk, filling in the bit between Stonehouse and Standish woods. Up into the woods at Randwick, and in amongst all the mountain biking trails is the remains of this huge longbarrow, now all shorn of its overgrowth
Randwick Long Barrow
Date Added: 27th Sep 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Randwick Long Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 13th Apr 2009. On the left of the picture here, at the northeastern end of the barrow, are the remains of a horned entrance with forecourt and a single stone lined chamber.
Remains of this chamber are supposedly still to be seen, but the barrow is heavily overgrown here, making any stone remains invisible to me when I visited.
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Log Text: This massive Long Barrow is to be found within Standish Wood, at the top of the hills to the north of Stroud. The remaining mound is about 55 metres in length, up to half as wide, and still 4 metres in height. At the northeastern end are the remains of a horned entrance with forecourt and a single stone lined chamber. Remains of this chamber are supposedly still to be seen, but the barrow is heavily overgrown, making any stone remains invisible to me when I visited.
The barrow is set right on the hilltop, and almost surrounded by various quarrying and pits, some of which may date back almost as long as the barrow itself. Positioned within this thick Cotswold woodland, the place is very atmospheric, and supposedly a much more authentic setting than those barrows in open fields.
A bit further on in the woods to the northeast are a couple of other round barrows, and a crossdyke.
From Stroud, take the road north towards Randwick, and follow it up the hill, taking the little lane to the left when almost at the hilltop. There is a small parking area here, and a well maintained trackway north into the woods, from where the barrow is only a few hundred metres distant.
Shortwood Barrows
Date Added: 27th Sep 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Shortwood Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Sep 2021. There are barrows marked below the topograph on the information boards, and indeed a few large circular mounds which don't look like the quarrying scars nearby.
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Log Text: Cotswold Way loop walk, filling in the bit between Stonehouse and Standish woods. There are barrows marked below the topograph on the information boards, and indeed a few large circular mounds which don't look like the quarrying scars nearby.
Campden Lane gatepost
Date Added: 26th Sep 2021
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Campden Lane gatepost submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 1st Sep 2011. The substantial gatepost on Campden Lane (Ancient Track)
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Log Text: Steam train from Toddington to Winchcombe, then Cotswold Way walk back north to Toddington stopping at Hailes Abbey and Beckbury hillfort. Beside the ancient trackway known as Campden Lane, is a substantial stone gatepost, one of a few in the locality of Beckbury Camp, which makes the mind think of possible previous uses.
Conies Down
Date Added: 25th Sep 2021
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Conies Down submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Conies Down Stone Row @ SX58597905 looking north
This row runs almost NS actual azimuth 10 deg. It is 172m long, difficult to find as the stones are small & only about 22 remain standing. The row runs slightly uphill to to a low mound possibly the remains of a burial - no
finds.
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Log Text: Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. From Maiden Hill, I now head south to look for the stone row I have dim memories of from the 1988 Lich Way moorland crossing, and as I approach down the hillside, there is a large herd of cattle, some looking at me menacingly with their horns, so I reluctantly decide to give them a wide berth, and don't get to the top of the row where there are a large group including calves laying around. Heading further down I can get to the lower end of the row, and it is clearly there, stones spaced about 4 metres apart which appear white amongst the green grass, and is just how I remember it. From here its not going to be easy to get back as other than the Lich Way going east west, there is nothing resembling a path heading south, so I decide I have to make best way I can heading up and over towards Black Dunghill after first crossing around the top of the initial bogland. Its a difficult, boggy route, made slightly easier using the occasional animal track or quad bike track in a sort of zig zag fashion until I get to the top of the ridge by the unmarked hill, from where I can make out Black Dunghill with what looks a good path over it, which I head to. Getting tired now, and the sun dropping, I sit and eat my last sandwich with mild relief as I can see a good path leading all the way back to where the car is parked. Its a simple walk back to Holming Beam, but unfortunately I now have a wet bum from sitting down, made tolerable by the fantastic views, with Beardown Man clearly visible on the horizon up to the north. It can even be seen from the track by the car park, magnificent. Back to the car about 5:20, and there is another couple out here walking along the track, so thats now 5 people I have seen all day with over 5 hours out on the moor. Change out of wet boots, and head down for a pint in the setting sun at the Two Bridges Hotel after. Lovely.
Conies Down
Date Added: 25th Sep 2021
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 1988. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Conies Down submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Conies Down Stone Row @ SX58597905 looking north
This row runs almost NS actual azimuth 10 deg. It is 172m long, difficult to find as the stones are small & only about 22 remain standing. The row runs slightly uphill to to a low mound possibly the remains of a burial - no
finds.
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Log Text: Visited while on walk across Dartmoor on the Lich Way. Being new to Dartmoor Stone Rows, and not knowing how small the stones could be, I thought it to be very overgrown and insignificant. Knowing what I do now, its possibly quite a significant row!
Maiden Hill
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Maiden Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Sep 2021. A large raised area of grass which quite possibly does have a cairn underneath
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Log Text: Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. From Devils Tor, looking to head on to Conies Down there seems two choices, either down and up the steep and deep Cowsic valley, or a longer route round the head of the valley further north, which I decide to take. The path is fairly good, and obviously used a fair bit by people on quad bikes, so is easy going except for the odd bit of bog. Onto the top of Maiden Hill, avoiding a large herd of ponies, and look for the cairn in the featureless long grass, finding only a large raised area of grass which quite possibly does have a cairn underneath.
Beardown Man
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Beardown Man submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Beardown Man looking north
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Log Text: Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. Now at Rough Tor I have now learned (remembered) that when walking on the open moor, any sort of path in roughly the right direction is easier than trying to cross the untamed and boggy moor, so standing on the top of the tor taking in the magnificent vista all around in the sun, decide on a route across to Devil's Tor on a pathway which heads to the south of it to start with, but looks mostly fairly easy going. Then up to the top of the hill, and Beardown Man peeks its top over the horizon and grows taller as I approach. It's not at the top of the hill, just below the summit on the west side, but magnificent, twice my height, a lovely thin flat stone with views from north to south over the deep Cowsic valley on the west side, but nothing to the east, which I think odd. Its fabulous out here.
Crow Tor
Date Added: 23rd Sep 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Crow Tor submitted by Bladup on 10th Dec 2017. Crow Tor Cairn and Cist.
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Log Text: Day down to Dartmoor for a pilgrimmage to Beardown Man. From Beardown Cairn, and now back on the planned route but behind time, I see another chap out on the moor nearby, an old looking chap dressed in what looks like tweeds, and we exchange greetings. Head north towards Crow Tor, crossing a wall and small stream. Looking for the cairn below Crow Tor which is not marked on the map, and having an initial look where I think it is, I again resort to gps and there it is about 20 metres away. A lovely stone cairn with a fairly large cist inside, the capstones shifted off to one side. Up to Crow Tor to find somewhere to sit and have lunch, during which time a couple walking the other direction pass by and we exchange waves. I now head north across the featureless boggy high moorland to Rough Tor, with firing range huts, double checking it is the right one a couple of times!