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manton down longbarrow found!!!!!

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bladup B
bladup Jun 26, 2011 01:06:53
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tjj wrote:
bladup wrote:
It's at 14787135 and looking like a pre reconstucted wayland smithy , it also looks just like the old drawings, i have put photos on the manton down site , greatest lost thing i've found, any of you who love the avebury region are in for a big treat as you won't believe anything soooooo big could stay lost for so long, go look and you'll see, as we (Respectfully) cleared the bushes with our bare hands, Rejoice!!! an old friend has come back to join us.
This sounds almost too good to be true, though thats not to say it isn't. Great work, well done - will have to have a wander up that way very soon.
The stones are that big its unbelievable they haven't been found sooner, but they were almost totally covered up ,to the point that you couldn't see them until almost upon them, when we started pulling the vegetation back we were shocked, but i knew we had found it as it looked just like the old drawing and by the intense feeling of the place.

B blossom
blossom Jun 26, 2011 11:29:45
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The stones are that big its unbelievable they haven't been found sooner, but they were almost totally covered up ,to the point that you couldn't see them until almost upon them, when we started pulling the vegetation back we were shocked, but i knew we had found it as it looked just like the old drawing and by the intense feeling of th
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The photos are great and your enthusiasm is infectious. I'll add to my list of sites to visit when I get my camper van

T tjj
tjj Jun 26, 2011 19:17:12
Replying to bladup

Nothing beats getting out there and having a forage (am guessing you were down for the Solstice). I've just been dipping into An English Countryside Explored - The Land of Lettice Sweetapple which is about the West Overton, Fyfield, Manton areas - written by archaeologists Peter Fowler and Ian Blackwell.

Your post has inspired me to get back up there and re-visit this fascinating area. Great stuff!

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