The Millbarrows

Nearest town:
Winchester (10km W)
OS reference:
SU571243
OS sheet:
185
Latitude:
51° 0' 52.77 N
Longitude:
1° 11' 9.3 W
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Image of The Millbarrows by UncleRob

Two small barrows together at the top of this steep slope, here looking towards the NE. The road is fairly quiet so it’s safe to gazeover the gate if you are on foot or bike but parking would be tricky round here – probably need to go for some nearby field entrance and keep an eye open for the farmer needing in – or walk down from the pub (I haven’t been and can’t endorse it yet).

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UncleRob
UncleRob Dec 29, 2008

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The Millbarrows

UncleRob
UncleRob Dec 29, 2008

An Explorer map (1:25000) shows the detail. I went by at some speed today and it is indeed hard to spot them. The pub used to be called the Fox and Hounds but is now Milbury’s (geddit?) and is a well-known landmark to anyone plying the road between Winchester and the Meon Valley.

Psychologically it feels like a real crossing point from looking to the East (Meon) and the West (Itchen). Only once you reach this ridge does the landscape switch from one direction of views to the other. And they are pretty good views. It is very, very quiet and empty to the East, which is nice but gets a bit creepy after a while, so getting back to the ridge and seeing the roadsigns to Winchester (rather than Royston Vasey) feels like a homecoming of sorts.

The Millbarrows

Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Jan 25, 2004

When I passed this site on the South Downs Way all I could see was this one mound, which looks like a round barrow. But it is referred to in the plural on the OS map and has a nearby pub named after it, so that’s good enough for me

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