Uffington Down
watercolour painting by Jane Tomlinson (c) 2005
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
Jane
First time I’ve ever seen a ‘no horses and carts’ sign!
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
You can see it from a long way off!
Image credit: Moth Clark
just a quick and dirty scribble in pencil – it was too windy to get the paints out...
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
An experiment in stone lifting by ‘the Stonehengineers’ takes place next to a Stonehenge replica, built for a channel 5 TV show.
Image credit: Nigel Swift
An experiment in stone rowing by ‘the Stonehengineers’ takes place next to a Stonehenge replica, built for a channel 5 TV show.
Image credit: Nigel Swift
As you travel down the A303, this is the glimpse of the monument you’ll get.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
Hippies enjoy the sunshine at Woodhenge on 21 June 2005
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
George Lambrick and Aubrey Burl ‘open’ the improved access facilities at the Rollrights on 19 June 2005.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
‘Foamhenge’ – a temporary life-size polystyrene reconstruction for channel 5 programmes aired on 20 and 21 June 2005.
Image credit: Moth Clark
The quoit now forms the terminus of a broken field wall.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
Christ-on-a-bike it’s a long hike up there!
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
Original purpose? Who knows... Today’s purpose? Jackdaw landing strip!
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
Looking down towards the Irish sea
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
... with Great Orme copper mine in the background
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Hard to imagine that such a giant construction could so easily get ‘lost’. I bet most walkers on this path through the trees don’t even recognise it as an ancient monument.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
That mighty capstone 3 feet thick, reduced to part of a fence.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
The great flat slabs were reminiscent of Orcadian stalled cairns.
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treaclechops and Moth consider the ‘real’ side entrance passage way
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
‘Ridgeway parade‘
watercolour painting (c) Jane Tomlinson, 2005
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
Looking south. At last! the fence that used to run within inches of this section is now gone.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
The portal at the south, with the fence removed is now open for business as the builders originally intended. Fab.
Image credit: Jane Tomlinson
