Windover Hill

Nearest town:
Seaford (7km SW)
OS reference:
TQ542032
OS sheet:
199
Latitude:
50° 48' 26 N
Longitude:
0° 11' 19.66 E
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Images

Image of Windover Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by A R Cane

Panorama from the top of the bowl barrow looking west over the South Downs. The long barrow, barely visible, lays at the edge of the hill and to the right.

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A R Cane
A R Cane Nov 5, 2009
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Image of Windover Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by Cursuswalker

Windover Bowl Barrow from the entrance to the very lovely, but entirely un-megalithic, Druids' Rest, a medieval quarry above the Long Man that destroyed who knows what archaeology? Looking south.

The dug out nature of the Barrow is all too obvious, courtesy of Gideon Mantell. He may have known his dinosaurs, but the man shouldn't have been allowed near a barrow.

27/7/07

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Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Jul 28, 2007
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Image of Windover Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by Cursuswalker

Taken 7th April 1999, looking WNW from the top of the Bowl Barrow directly above the Long Man.

The mound in the immediate foreground is one half of the dug-out top of this barrow, though the picture is deceptive and makes it look like a mound in its own right.

Three bushes in the middle-distance are obscured by the Windover Long Barrow. This is the same length as the Long Man and points to the top of the figure.

Both barrows can be seen in the MM aerial image posted by kgd.

Image credit: Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker May 27, 2003
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Image of Windover Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by Cursuswalker

Windover Bowl Barrow from the West. Summer 1999.

This barrow is exceptionally large for a Round Barrow in this area of Sussex. It lies directly above the Long Man and in line with the figure.

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Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker May 23, 2003
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Image of Windover Hill (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by Cursuswalker

Windover Bowl Barrow from the East. Summer 1999.

This barrow is exceptionally large for a Round Barrow in this area of Sussex. It lies directly above the Long Man and in line with the figure.

Image credit: Cursuswalker
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Cursuswalker May 23, 2003
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Articles

Windover Hill

thelonious
thelonious Mar 24, 2016
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17/03/2016 – In a landscape full of tumuli, this bowl barrow stands out. Crossing Wilmington Hill from Jevington to Alfriston is a lovely walk. Just west of the top, this barrow is visible from a good distance away. Nice ditch and even though it's been dug into in the past I loved the shape of the barrow. Great view as well. Completely forgot about the long man whilst there as I was in a bit of a daydream. Be good to go back someday as I would of liked to have seen it. Another fine day out walking and looking at old stuff.

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Windover Hill

Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker May 23, 2003
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I am adding some sites on Windover Hill, the site of the Long Man of Wilmington. These photographs were taken nearly 4 years ago and I have only just dug them up!

The landscape above the Long Man is well worth a visit for those who don't mind shapes in the grass with no interesting rocks cluttering up the place. We don't really do rocks in this neck of the woods.

(See the Goldstone, in Brighton, for a notable exception. The only megalith to have had a football ground named after it!)

The fact that a large Neolithic Long Barrow and a large Bronze Age Round Barrow seem to be aligned with the space on which the Long Man now stands is something that I find intriguing. While the Naturalistic figure of the Long Man could only be Roman at the very oldest, I believe there to have been something on this site for a very long time. If only we could see what were the original designs on this hill.

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