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Silbury Hill (Artificial Mound) — News |
Moat forms round ancient monument after heavy rain.https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c9w3e7yrgkgo |
Posted by The Eternal15th November 2023ce |
Avebury (Circle henge) — Links |
Paul Nash at AveburyThis is a Youtube link taken from the website of Robjn Cantus - Inexpensive Progress. If you like/love Paul Nash's artistic work it is fascinating. But also as a historical footnote. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyqIDGDPTqw |
Posted by moss16th June 2023ce |
Silbury Hill (Artificial Mound) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by thesweetcheat18th January 2023ce |
The Polisher — Images |
  
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Posted by markj99 17th July 2022ce |
The Polisher — Fieldnotes |
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Without local knowledge finding the Fyfield Down Polisher Stone could be tricky. I have visited it in 2011 via Mother's Jam but I would like to suggest an alternative "foolproof" route to Fyfield Down Polisher Stone. Park up in Avebury. Walk E out of Avebury on the Wessex Ridgeway. After 1.5 mile you reach a crossroads with The Ridgeway. Continue E along Wessex Ridgeway for c. 450 yards to reach Overton Down Gallops. Follow the Gallops uphill NNW for c. 0.33 miles to the N end at SU12727144. Head NE downhill for c. 120 yards to a solitary thorn tree. Walk c. 20 yards E downhill to a Pyramid shaped rock. Fyfield Down Polisher Stone lies on the edge of a gorse bush c. 10 yards ESE of the Pyramid Rock. There is a large flat slab with a large rock basin on its upper surface c. 50 yards E of Fyfield Down Polisher Stone. I wonder if the Rock Basin was made by the same people who made the Polisher Stone? |
Posted by markj99 17th July 2022ce |
Silbury Hill (Artificial Mound) — Images |
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Posted by Spiddly24th April 2022ce |
Fyfield Down (Natural Rock Feature) — News |
Fyfield Down in Wiltshire delisted as a nature reserveOne of Wiltshire’s most important wild landscapes has been delisted as a nature reserve. Fyfield Down, just east of the famous stone circle at Avebury, was leased to the Nature Conservancy (a predecessor of Natural England) in 1955 and declared an NNR in 1956. It has been described as the “best assemblage of sarsen stones in England”. The site lies within the Avebury World Heritage Site and the North Wessex Downs AONB. https://tinyurl.com/mr2smb2 |
Posted by moss 17th February 2022ce |
Pickledean Stone Circle — Images |
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Posted by thesweetcheat 3rd October 2021ce |
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