GLADMAN
The monument is very substantial and nowhere near as overwhelmed by vegetation as others in the extended Boyton area. Bit windy, though.
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Approaching this classic long barrow from the south-east, I was reminded of another: Crippets, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
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Highlighting the remains of the Peat Cutters’ hut construction from and within the cairn.
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The remains of Petre’s Cross are foreground, the Eastern White Barrow upon the skyline.
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Although much less upstanding than its superlative eastern neighbour – at least nowadays – this is, nonetheless, a substantial cairn. The remains of Petre’s Cross can be seen to the left.
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Despite having viewed it from Heap of Sinners a few years back now – that impression making an eventual visit an imperative – I was not prepared for the sheer size of this beauty... wondrous!
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Looking towards the ‘Western White Barrow’ some 3/4 of a mile to the, er, west. Quite an additional extension, but it had to be done. NOT a place to be caught in poor visibility....
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Shame about the ‘conning tower’, apparently erected by troops during WW2? Guess we can allow those guys a little leeway in the circumstances....
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Looking toward Puper’s Hill (right skyline) and the great ‘Heap of Sinners’ upon Huntingdon Warren (centre, left).
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At (apparently) almost 12ft in height, this is among Dartmoor’s finest cairns...
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Given to me by a resident at Shipley Bridge May 2024 (Incidently, while assisting me parking to avoid the farcical car parking tariffs which, it appears, are VERY unpopular with locals). Stick the number in your phone – you never know...
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Given to me by a resident at Shipley Bridge May 2024 (Incidently, while assisting me parking to avoid the farcical car parking tariffs which, it appears, are VERY unpopular with locals). Stick the number in your phone – you never know...
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The northern-most round barrow at TR 13643 43412. I did not realise there are – in actual fact – three further round barrows in West Wood not shown upon the map...
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TR 1365543040 appearing much more than just over 7ft.
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TR 1365543040. The western-most barrow can just be seen through the forestry ride. By the way, I strongly advise visitors DO NOT attempt a direct approach since the intervening ground consists of industrial-strength brambles!!
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TR 1353243044 – the western of the southern pair... smaller at (apparently) c5.5ft in height.
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TR 1365543040 – the eastern of the southern pair of round barrows, this an impressive example rising to apparently over 7ft... It looked much more.
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North-western...
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The damage is all too obvious... but then, if one argues with a fool, so does he/she/it.
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South-eastern barrow......
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The mighty north-western barrow... heavily overgrown – and so spared the ravages of passing half-wit broom broom bikers...
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Summit of the south-eastern monument... still hanging in there despite the criminal activities of biker morons.
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The south-eastern barrow...
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At nearly 12ft high, the northern monument is arguably Kent’s finest round barrow.
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At nearly 12ft high (85ft across), the north-western barrow is the unexpected pièce de résistance of the trio. Not that this is apparent from a distance...
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The centre barrow...
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The ‘middle barrow’ is apparently some 3ft in height (45ft across), although it appeared to have a lesser profile to me? Was this always thus?
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South-eastern barrow, with moron biker damage evident. A curse be on them all.
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The south-eastern barrow beside the track. Needless to say, a lesser monument would’ve succumbed to the erosion of moron bikers long ago...
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At approx 6ft tall (c69ft across) this, the south-eastern of the ‘Three Barrows’, remains a substantial monument despite the all-too-obvious attentions of moronic trail bikers.
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