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Abinger Manor Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork |
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Albert Road Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Anstiebury Hillfort Hillfort |
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Ashtead Common Earthwork Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork |
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Barossa Barracks Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Barrowhills Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Bourne Wood Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Brentmoor Heath Barrows Round Barrow(s) |
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Caesar's Camp (Aldershot) Hillfort |
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Chobham Common |
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Cockadobby Hill Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Crooksbury Common Round Barrow(s) |
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Deerleap Wood Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Dry Hill Hillfort |
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Flutters Hill Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Frensham Common Round Barrow(s) |
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Godstone Barrow Cemetery |
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Hascombe Hill Promontory Fort |
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Heath Brow Barrows Barrow Cemetery |
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Holmbury Camp Hillfort |
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Hornley Common Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Horsell Common Round Barrow(s) |
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The Negen Stones Standing Stones |
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Pyrford Stone Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Reigate Heath Barrow Cemetery |
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Skirmishing Hill Earthwork Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork |
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Stanwell Cursus Cursus |
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Stanwell Enclosure Enclosure |
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St Ann's Hill Hillfort |
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St Catherine's Hill Sacred Hill |
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St George's Hill Hillfort |
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St Martha's Hill Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork |
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Thursley Common Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Tumble Beacon Round Barrow(s) |
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Wisley Common Bell Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Wisley Common Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) |
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Yeoveny Causewayed Enclosure Enclosure (Destroyed) |
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Update on North Park Farm Archaeologists at the mesolithic site have found "more than 1,000 finds ranging from shards to complete axes and entire pots." More from the BBC here |
Posted by Hob22nd September 2005ce |
Mesolithic site found in East SurreySounds great until you hear it was only discovered because someone wants to turn the site into a quarry.. from The Times: An excavation has turned up flint tools and cooking pots from about 10,000 years ago at a site on the North Downs in Surrey... continues... |
Posted by Rhiannon25th August 2005ce |
Skip yard could drain river and ruin Bronze Age siteA proposed skip yard near Waddon Ponds could drain the River Wandle and destroy the remains of a Bronze Age settlement, a local historian has warned. Plans to house the storage site on derelict land on the corner of Croydon Road and the Purley Way have outraged local residents and environmentalists... continues... |
Posted by Jane30th August 2003ce |
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Brentmoor Heath Barrows (Round Barrow(s)) — Miscellaneous |
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English Heritage description: The monument includes four contiguous bowl barrows aligned east-west and situated along the crest of a hill in the Lower Greensand. The western barrow has a mound 30m north-south, 23m east-west and 2.2m high. To the east the second and third barrows form a double mound 32m east-west and 20m north-south with each mound standing to a height of 2m. The most easterly barrow has a mound 30m north-south, 28m east-west and 2.2m high. All of the mounds have a slight hollow in the centre suggesting that they were all once partially excavated. Surrounding the mounds is a single ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. This has become partially infilled over the years but is still visible to the south of the mounds as a slight earthwork 4m wide and 0.3m deep, the rest surviving as a buried feature. |
Posted by thesweetcheat29th January 2012ce |
Holmbury Camp (Hillfort) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
 
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Posted by A R Cane13th December 2011ce |
Dry Hill (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes |
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Dry Hill? Although I have to confess I don't have the annual rainfall figures for Surrey to hand - one of my many faults, I'm afraid - it would appear to be somewhat over-optimistic to assign such a name to relatively high ground (hey, any ground, in fact) in England. Unless the title is a reference to an abstinence from alcohol by locals, or a very ironic 'in joke' by a droll bureaucrat approving the construction of the reservoir which occupies the north-western corner? No, I didn't think so either. There is more to this hilltop than an unusual name, however. Assuming you've got a thing for large, tri-vallate Iron Age hillforts, that is. The caveat, needless to say, is that this ancient home, fortress, status symbol, is now engulfed by the almost obligatory tree cover. In addition, just the one bank survives to the approx north out of the three, thanks to agriculture. But that still leaves a overwhelming amount in situ, even after some two millennia. For me, the most impressive section of the defences covers the arc to the north-west/west, the three banks and ditches nice and upstanding here, give or take a covering of fern or two. Or three. As mentioned, the northern circuit is somewhat reduced, numerically speaking, although the surviving inner bank remains pretty substantial. The remainder of the enclosure retains its three lines of defence to varying degrees, ensuring Dry Hill will no doubt satisfy the interested travelling antiquarian. Particularly those of the 'modern' variety, I'd have thought? OK, the interior of the enclosure does feature a reservoir, not to mention an OS trig point to mark the 550 ft summit, but so what? The vibe is great. And it doesn't rain, either. I approached the site from the south, via the 'Vanguard Way'. To be honest an OS map would be of benefit to find the relevant starting point since, heading west upon a very minor road from Cowden, I found myself having to check-off the various farm names as I went along in order to locate the 'V' junction where it is possible to park a couple of cars upon the grass... within said 'V'. Head north up the surfaced farm track - personally I wouldn't drive - passing Woodlands Farm on your right. Then veer left, beyond Beeches Farm, to ascend the hill. The rest is up to you... As for myself, I'm off for a drink. Or two. Hey, make that three, come to think of it. |
Posted by GLADMAN29th August 2011ce Edited 30th August 2011ce |
Anstiebury Hillfort — Fieldnotes |
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Like its companion Iron Age enclosure at Holmbury, some three miles to the approx west, Anstiebury is a promontory fort, the landscape falling sharply away to the south rendering additional artifical defences all but superfluous at that point. That, however, may well be the sole similarity..... Anstiebury is thickly cloaked with woodland to the point of 'Howard Hughes' style reclusiveness, just the occasional local to be seen exercising his/her dog within its environs, whilst Holmbury is the focus of a multitude of weekend walkers and so-called 'mountain-bikers' racing along tracks between its ramparts. Poor Holmbury. In fact there is no public access to Anstiebury, as implied in jimit's post [by the way, thanks to jimit for the prompt to visit this wonderful site]. However I am emboldened (amongst other things... ahem) by a beautiful smile from a rather attractive local emerging - with pooch - from what Dyer suggests is the enclosure's original entrance to the approx north-east... that is on to Anstie Lane. Another encounter - with a very polite and friendly youth, restraining a not so friendly, not to mention barking (ha!) Alsatian - would suggest unofficial visits by courteous TMA-ers (is there any other kind?) are tolerated? But don't hold me to that since, hey, it could have just been the devastating Gladman charm. C'mon, give me a break. It is at least possible. Isn't it? Heading anti-clockwise it is immediately apparent that the 'Howard Hughes' analogy is perhaps not that far off the mark; the ancient fortress, although severely overgrown, remains substantial and sophisticated within its woodland hideout .... tri-vallate except, as previously noted, to the south, where only the fore-runners of Hardrada's beserkers would've attempted an assault. Yeah, I (foolishly) tested the slope myself... you would have to be a nut. The most pronounced section of the defences is currently at the approx north-west, where the banks are more or less shorn of vegetation, if not tree cover. This happy state of affairs allows the intermittent sunlight to stream through the canopy directly onto the leaf strewn ramparts. The variation of colour upon this 'canvas' envokes thoughts/feelings I only wish I was capable of relating with words. I therefore switch to film... sorry, digital image. Perhaps these suggest something, perhaps a hint of some repressed folk memory of life in the ancient, virgin forest which apparently once covered this planet? Legends of Herne, The Green Man and the like. Jeez, I can see where they came from, and that's a fact. Dyer reckons that excavation suggests Anstiebury may have been assaulted and destroyed before it was even completed, judging by the discovery of much slingshot and a destroyed inner rampart face. If this is true, the contrast between the catastrophic violence and hatred of that day and today's peaceful, ethereal vibe is total. |
Posted by GLADMAN 29th August 2011ce Edited 30th August 2011ce |
Horsell Common (Round Barrow(s)) — Images |
    
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Posted by GLADMAN 22nd August 2011ce |
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