re:Wondering at Wilmington

Windover Long Mound 1

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Cursuswalker Jul 17, 2003 13:11:57

Replying to juamei

I don't THINK they have been excavated in modern times. They seem originally to have been just surface mined, not tunnelled, if my memory serves me.

I know it was thought that the flints they would have got from the pits were very small. Enough for arrow heads maybe?

THE CURSUS: The whole of the apparent Cursus is shown in this photo I put up:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/image.php?image_id=14499

Its base meets the South Downs Way. Like you say, a very odd path, hence the Cursus theory.

juamei Jul 18, 2003 09:22:13

Replying to Cursuswalker

Interesting re: flints. I saw some field clearance nuggets (or whatever the correct name for a lump of flint is) on the way to Hunters Burgh, which were certainly large enough for handaxes, is that small?

Can you tell I'm no flint expert? ;-)

Re the cursus & related platform in the LB, I wondered if it was related to the mines & the transport of flint. What would create those lines though is a different matter, some sort of specially created wheeled cart thing?