Four barrows are visible to the west of the A34, and two more are visible to the east, the barrows lay in a rough n/s alignment.
There’s a layby right by the barrows on the northbound carriageway, for the use of visitors to the De Haviland Memorial, which is nearby.
Approaching from the north, we spotted the barrows and were looking for a suitable parking place when we spotted it. A huge crop circle on the hill in the adjoining field (see photo). So the stories are true. It is a centre for this kind of activity.
Once parked in the layby, I spent a bit of time looking at the barrows, which seem to leap from the surrounding fields, before moving down to look at the circle. In the hedge at the edge of the field was a fallen treetrunk, hosting an enormous fungus growth, looking for all the world like an alien spaceship.
A spooky visit.