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Image of Ashbury (Holed Stone) by hamish

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hamish Jun 2, 2003

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Ashbury

Holed Stone

hamish Jun 2, 2003

I was on my way to Waylands and spotted this in Ashbury. I may have got the Ref: wrong, it may be SU265851. I can’t remember where I turned off.Got no info on it at all, have a look when you go through Ashbury.

Ashbury

Holed Stone

stoer Feb 17, 2010

There is a tale that behind St Mary’s Church stood a stone circle and some of the stones are still to be found scattered on the field boundary. Another tale suggests the stone circle encircled the old village much like the stones at Avebury.

Incidentally there is a lovely sunken holloway (funeral path?) that runs from the bottom of Ashbury Hill (SU26708498) westwards around the back of St Mary’s Church (and over the old stone circle?).

Ashbury

Holed Stone

wysefool May 1, 2007

Icknield Way Morrismen

Nice pictures of Bronze Age Hoard found near Ashbury (somewhere on the downs)

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Snivelling Corner

Standing Stone / Menhir • 1.3km N

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Adstone

Round Barrow(s) • 1.64km NE

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Wayland’s Smithy

Long Barrow • 1.9km E

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Coin Barrow

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Tower Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.72km ESE

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Hardwell Camp

Hillfort • 2.77km ENE

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Alfred’s Castle

Hillfort • 3.62km SE

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Uffington Castle

Hillfort • 3.77km ENE

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Uffington Castle Long Mound

Long Barrow • 3.92km ENE

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Idlebush Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 4.05km E

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Round Barrow(s) • 4.11km ENE

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Ashdown Park Sarsens

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Dragon Hill

Artificial Mound • 4.13km ENE

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Hill Figure • 4.14km ENE

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Ashbury Earthwork

Round Barrow(s) • 4.2km SE

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 4.71km SE

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Rams Hill

Enclosure • 5.34km ENE

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Fognam Clump Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 5.53km SE
Fognam Clump Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 5.53km SE

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Blowing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.36km ENE

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Lambourn Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 6.46km E

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1
Sparsholt Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 6.48km E

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Liddington Warren Farm

Long Barrow • 6.92km SW

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Lambourn Sevenbarrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.11km E

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Kingston Lisle Tumulus

Round Barrow(s) • 7.15km ENE

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2
Hangman’s Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.2km ESE

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4
Sugar Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.35km SSW

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1
Moss Hill

Long Barrow • 7.47km E

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Aldbourne 7

Round Barrow(s) • 7.49km S

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Sparsholt Down (edge of)

Round Barrow(s) • 7.77km E

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Little Coxwell Camp

Hillfort • 7.77km NNE

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Liddington Castle

Hillfort • 7.84km SW

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Shipley Bottom

Round Barrow(s) • 8.01km SSW

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Warren Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 8.02km SSW

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Pigtrough Bottom (top of)

Round Barrow(s) • 8.08km E

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 8.3km S

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Coate Stone Circle

Stone Circle • 8.46km WSW

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Aldbourne 'Cup Barrow'

Round Barrow(s) • 8.55km S

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Hackpen Hill (Oxfordshire)

Round Barrow(s) • 8.87km E

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Highworth Circles

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Coate Mound

Round Barrow(s) • 9.05km WSW

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Badbury Hill Camp

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The Giant’s Grave (Aldbourne)

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Round Barrow(s) • 9.26km S

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Ancient Trackway • 9.59km SSE

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.89km WSW

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Broome Temple

Stone Circle • 9.89km WSW

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Aldbourne Blowing Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 9.9km SSE

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Devil’s Footprint

Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.37km WSW

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Stone Circle • 10.7km WSW

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Membury Camp

Hillfort • 10.81km SE

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Whitefield Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 11.89km SW

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Castle Hill (Broad Blunsdon)

Hillfort • 11.91km W

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Ballards Copse Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 11.92km SSE

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Segsbury Camp

Hillfort • 12.31km E

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East Garston Ditch

Dyke • 12.48km ESE

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Rushy Platt Bowl Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.65km WSW

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Hillfort • 14.38km SW

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 14.48km E

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Round Barrow(s) • 14.72km E

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Round Barrow(s) • 15.11km SSW

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Ogbourne St Andrew Church

Standing Stones • 15.11km SSW

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Hillfort • 15.53km NE

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Goddards Barn Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.56km ENE

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Artificial Mound • 15.73km ENE

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Yew Down Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.8km E

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Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 15.92km SW

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Round Barrow(s) • 16.18km E

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Round Barrow(s) • 16.88km E

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Hackpen Hill (Wiltshire)

17.19km SW

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Temple Bottom

Long Barrow • 17.21km SW

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Marlborough Common Golf Course Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 17.26km SSW

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Fiddlers Hill

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.48km WSW

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Forest Hill Farm

Hillfort • 17.65km SSW

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2
Rough Hill Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 17.68km SW

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Rough Hill Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 17.78km SW

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Manton Down

Long Barrow • 18.24km SW

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Old Chapel

Long Barrow • 18.28km SW

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Berwick Bassett Down

Round Barrow(s) • 18.34km SW

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Barton Copse Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 18.35km SSW

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Long Tom (Fyfield)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.43km SW

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Marlborough Mound

Artificial Mound • 18.54km SSW

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Fyfield Down settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.58km SW

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Goldbury Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.61km ENE

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Ancient Temple • 18.64km S

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Ringsbury

Hillfort • 18.78km W

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Fyfield 1 and 2 barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 19.02km SW

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Manton Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 19.03km SSW

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Stone Circle • 19.21km SSW

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Devil’s Den

Chambered Tomb • 19.28km SW

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Fyfield Down

Natural Rock Feature • 19.31km SW

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Granham Hill

Long Barrow • 19.34km SSW

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Scutchamer Knob

Artificial Mound • 19.34km E

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Savernake Lodge

Round Barrow(s) • 19.34km S

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Monster Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 19.43km SW

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Monkton Down

Round Barrow(s) • 19.43km SW

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Winterbourne Bassett

Stone Circle • 19.45km WSW

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The Mother’s Jam

Natural Rock Feature • 19.6km SW

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Chisbury

Hillfort • 19.61km SSE

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Dyke • 19.63km E

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Clatford Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 19.68km SW

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Overton Down

Round Barrow(s) • 19.71km SW

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Farhill Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 19.71km NW

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Artificial Mound • 19.93km SW

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