Re: Tufa found in the wellow valley | Forum

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Tufa found in the wellow valley

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juamei Aug 3, 2005 22:15:08

Replying to moss

Sticking Tufa into google gives some amazing limestone formations in the US, nothing like that in the valley containing Stoney Littleton unfortunately.

http://www.monolake.org/naturalhistory/tufa.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa

Were the pits further up the valley then, I'd love to see a complete archeological map of that valley and the next one over towards Faulkland. My question, is where is the Causewayed Enclosure that goes with the barrow at Wellow and the circle at Faulkland? :)

Ishmael Aug 3, 2005 23:43:42

Replying to juamei

um, why does a longbarrow and a Possible stonecircle have to have a causewayed enclosure associated with it?
I'm not sure What is at Faulkland but I feel there was something there that warrants further investigations.
There were a lot of barrows in that area that have been destroyed, Priest Barrow, Barrow Vale/hill etc
mostly in a line from Stanton Drew
There is a little investigated fort at Tunley (ST 68350 59209 and a smaller one at ST 69231 89489) on the other side of the Wellow brook and there maybe something at Amesbury near Timsbury.
The settlement near Buckland down (ST 71891 51719) might be causewayed but I haven't visited it yet...
Have you visited the Devils Bed & Bolster yet? (ST 81501 53319)