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tjj Aug 22, 2012 18:52:32
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
tjj wrote:
Thanks that's helpful. With regard to Greystones Farm Nature Reserve I think it is the site of Salmonsbury Camp as it comes up when I do a search on Greystones. It doesn't seem to be on TMA but I found it on Megalithic Portal.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4707
Hi June,

Salmonsbury is on here, Carl and I have even been!

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5231/salmonsbury.html

Look forward to reading the report from Lodge Park, I very very nearly went there one weekend back in March, but found out that they'd decided to not open the gardens until later on (April I think), so never went nad haven't really been out much in the Cotswolds since.

Baza, thanks for the info about access, I assumed it was in the "closed" bit of the gardens, hence my not going earlier in the year. Presumably this means it can be visited all through the winter too?

Thanks TSC, I did think if anyone knew about Salmonsbury - you would. Will have a good read of field notes before Friday and will do a little field note on Lodge Park LB after my visit.

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 22, 2012 19:07:16
Replying to tjj

If you go to Salmondsbury, this may (or may not) help.

I'm behind with my fieldnotes generally, but I walked up to Wyck Beacon barrow (via Little Rissington - nice church and an unexpected RAF cemetery) and then back down to the village via Wyck Rissington (another nice church, where Gustav Holst used to be the organist).

From Wyck Rissington village green the Oxfordshire Way/Diamond Way leads straight to the fort across the Nature Reserve. I missed an unofficial looking arrow "footpath" sign and went a bit wrong between the village and the reserve. There's a "Mound" shown on the map, but it appears to have been ploughed away unless I was in the woring place. The fort ramparts are much reduced by ploughing, but can be seen best along the north side. There are various permissive paths around and inside the fort, so don't be constrained by footpaths on the map - look out for info boards.

The western side of the fort is under the village, but you can see the southern rampart along the perimeter of the village cemetery.

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