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Not much left of the earthworks but you can still follow the outside of the ramparts all the way round and in places on the south of the camp there is still traces of the ditch. Nice in the spring as it is covered in bluebells.
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Tynron Doon is situated one and a half miles from the hamlet of Tynron in Dumfries and Galloway. Access to it is via a steep climb through a Juniper wood to the west and then along a sheep track up to the fort (there is a shorter route but the views approaching the fort are not as worthwhile). It is a multilavate fort with 2 ramparts and 3 ditch's on all sides apart from the south which is a steep cliff face partially covered in trees and the east which has just one rampart and relies on the steepness of the hill for defence. The entrance to the fort is on the west of the fort looking down towards the juniper woods and the village of Tynron. The views from the top are stunning and you can look down on the nearby Grennan hill fort to the east of the Doon. I would recommend a visit to everyone its a lovely spot.
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Bronze Age multivallate hill fort believed to have been in use between the 4th and 8th centurys Bc.
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Springfield Hill is a multivallate iron age hill fort west of the village of Dunscore. It is one of many such forts in the area.
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The Doons is a Bronze Age univallate hillfort situated on Doon hill to the north of Shawhead. it is within the grounds of the Barsoul campsite and can be Seen easily fron the road out of Shawhead.
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Hall hill is a small Iron Age univallate hillfort near Irongray in Dumfries and Galloway. It should not be confused With Inglestone Motte which is the remains of a norman fort on the hill to the south west of Hall Hill.
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Beacon hill is a univallate iron age hill fort situated between the villages of Shawhead and Terregles. It commands great views and can be seen from miles around. the best view is probably from a layby on the A75 near Drummore heading down towards Dumfries
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The Actual Name of the place is Holywood.
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Ballard Down Barrows is a group of two round barrows and a pond barrow situated on the east Dorset coastal path between Swanage and Old Harry rocks.
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A bronze age bowl barrow. I would say it is just over a meter high as you can see it above the oil seed rape wich surrounds it. it is situated 300 yds south of Goddards Barn below the ridgeway, thus the name.
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A group of five round barrows on Wash Common. Probably of Bronze Age origin, although local tradition identifies them as burial mounds for soldiers killed during the English Civil War Battle of Newbury.
The individual monuments comprise: a circular enclosure defined by bank with external ditch (possibly a saucer barrow?); a large bowl barrow surviving to 2.7 metres in height, surrounded by a ditch; another bowl barrow previously described as being 2 feet high and 22 paces across, but which has been destroyed and two further bowl barrows, and measuring 1.6 metres in height
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Situated on The A338 Wantage to Hungerford road by the turning to South Fawly there 3 barrows in total. The oldest is the believed to be from the late Bronze age and the larger 2 from the Iron age. The site is overgrown so i couldn't find the smaller of the 3 barrows. There is a footpath that runs past barrows so access is not a problem.
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A large, irregular and apparently ditchless bowl barrow situated in a field east of Rowbury Farm. Excavation by a Dr Palmer in the 19th century reportedly found only charcoal and ashes. The mound now measures circa 26 metres by 15 metres and is a maximum of 1.25 metres high, and has been considerably dug away onthe southwestern side. Numerous flint flakes have been reported from the surface around it
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Visited this site whilst on trip to Quarley hill. I found 5 Bowl Barrows in total but there are 12. They vary in Height from about 0.5 to 3 meters. Most are covered in scrub but are near to the Cholderton Road or the footpath to the Lodge so are easy to access. There are 2 more to be found in the garden of a private house one of which looks like a disc barrow in the aerial photos. A nice site in an area full of prehistory on the edge of Salisbury Plain
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Quarley is a univallate iron age hill-fort with well defined entrances at north-east and south-west.
Lovely site commanding great views all around. Lots of prehistoric activity in area including large ditches radiating from the hillfort believed to be part of a bronze age farming settlement and a barrow cemetery about a mile away to the north. The best view of the site is as you drive past on the A303 going west but alas not ideal for stopping to take a piccie.
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A bronze age univallate hillfort. Visited the site today and not a lot left apart from a raised bump in the field on the south west corner about a meter high. But still quite visible if you know what your looking for. Originally triangular in shape much has been destroyed by the A303 and housing
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Earthwork remains of an Iron Age univallate hill fort. Greatly worn down now The banks are now covered in woods and shrubs and are best preserved on the southern side. The original entrance still exist on the south east corner.
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Ramsbury corner situated near Cold Ash in Berkshire is believed to have been a small univallate hill fort. The site has been greatly ploughed down but the boundaries of the site could be followed when I walked it particularly the northern edge that follows the road and to the west and south of the site. There was also a bank and ditch on the other side of the road to the north which I believe could be original. A shame that the site has been so cultivated and continues to be.
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Bussock Camp, is an Iron Age bivallate Hillfort situated near Snelsmore common near Newbury. It has a double bank and ditch on the south and east, with only a single bank remaining on the north and west. There is a lane running through the middle of the camp providing access to the private property on the eastern side of the woods. The Entrance to the north of the site is believed to be the original.
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Exebury is a promontory fort defended on the West by
the River Beaulieu and on the East by a bank and outer ditch. Access to this sit is limited as it is on private property occupied by ponies. You can see the outer earthworks from the lane leading to the farmhouse and to the eastern end you can see the edge of a second bank suggesting that there were two banks and a ditch originally but part of this could be medieval. Nice spot overlooking the river Beaulieu and the Solent.
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Hi i'm Ian Spent my school years In Andover Hants about 20 mins bike ride from Danebury Ring and most my adult life in Wantage in the Vale of the White Horse, so that explains my interest in all things ancient, Mainly hill forts. http://www.hillfortsofthevale.co.nr/
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