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| Visited 25/1/19: One of those rare January days that make you think of Spring. Set off from the lay-by just past Tilshead by army water tower. Lots of tracks criss-crossing the landscape, many of them tank tracks (take OS, track to White Barrow clearly marked). The White Barrow was the first ancient monument to be purchased by the National Trust and has never been fully excavated. Pleased to see sign by the stile into the site enclosure forbidding metal detectorists (site monitored in collaboration with army). In 1998 Badger Exclusion work took place after the NT obtained a badger exclusion licence. A family of seven badgers lured out of setts and relocated. The nearby Tilshead Barrow is now covered with chain link which is probably badger exclusion work too. Finds from badger spoil include Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery, struck flints, and red deer antler. The barrow is 77.5m long and 47m wide including ditch. Wild flowers and rare bees found there in summer. |
Posted by tjj26th January 2019ce Edited 26th January 2019ce
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