Whiteleaf

Also known as:
Chequers Knap
Nearest town:
Aylesbury (10km NNW)
OS reference:
SP822040
OS sheet:
165
Latitude:
51° 43' 40.76 N
Longitude:
0° 48' 34.39 W
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Images

Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Princes Risborough from the mutilated – yet still recognisable – Bronze Age barrow.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jul 25, 2011
Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Looking south from the round barrow.... the positionning of the Neolithic monument is – as ever – exquisite.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jul 25, 2011
Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

The chalk erosion scar made by moronic mountain bikers is all too prominent...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Looking approx north... the figures stand before the mutilated remnants of a Bronze Age round barrow.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jul 25, 2011
Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Looking approx north-west towards Princes Risborough upon the barrow... note the remains of ditch surrounding the monument. The Whiteleaf Cross lies below the linear seating...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Overgrown, but summer flowers have a right to be here.......

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jul 25, 2011
Image of Whiteleaf (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Approaching the Neolithic barrow from the south........

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Articles

Whiteleaf

Matfink
Matfink Feb 19, 2006

Following the Ridgeway path near to Wendover and Chequers (yes the Primeminister’s pad) I found this lump of chalk. Anyone else going up there finds a very good viewing point. But I found this lump of chalk very interesting. There is a strong energy line going through the center of the two lumps, another at right angles and another leading from the nearby gate to the center.
Standing in the middle gives a wicked buzz, if you are that way inclined. I hope they don’t make that bit of plastic fencing a perminant feature.

Topics

Attn TMA Ed - Chequers Knap, Buckinghamshire 4
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Bunnymen
Jul 2007

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