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Mr Cane was clearly on a bit of a downer following his visit here some years back now... however, since the vegetation was fortunately less overwhelming during my early Spring sojourn, I found myself in a position to disagree. Yeah, I liked it here, despite the woods proving a lot more popular with folk than I had anticipated.
Indeed, the eastern of the southern pair (of those monuments marked upon the map, that is - there are, apparently, a further three within the environs of West Wood not troubling the cartographers for whatever reason) is a particularly fine specimen of a bowl barrow, complete with encircling ditch. Its neighbour to the west, although not of a comparable stature, is pretty substantial, too... the northernmost example, completing the OS annotated trio, slightly less so.
Access is straighforward from the B2068 - a Roman Road, aka 'Stone Street' - although the downside to that demonstrable obsession with 'straightness' is the traffic fair motors past; hence, there is some traffic noise to deny a perfect ambience. Note also that it is unwise to attempt to take a direct line (through the break in the trees) from the eastern of the southern pair of monuments to the western... if you value your legs, that is. Industrial-strength brambles all the way.
Incidentally, note that the round barrow at nearby Tumulus Farm (TR 13481 42341) is apparently of Roman origin. Sigh....
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Posted by GLADMAN
6th May 2024ce
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