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A welcoming site, greated by about 200 people of all shapes and sizes. Even the police and the security guards seemed somewhat entertained.

The very warm April sun amplifies the neatness of this site. It was deserted on entry but within 10 minutes other people arrived and that continued for an hour or so.

This is a wonderful site, a combination of the March sun and the silence you experience when sat inside. The entire barrow has a strange calming quality, only one couple visited the entire hour we were there, surprising considering it’s accessibility.

An odd visit, difficulty parking was enhanced when we tried to park opposite the site, a member of the local constabulary who was sat in his Landrover said ‘you can’t park here, it’s a royal estate!’ We were followed away from the site by another constabulary member in his Volvo T20.
In the end, undeterred, we parked on the grass by the local bus stop and walked, we passed our friend in the Landrover and smiled.
I’m glad to say he smiled back.
The site itself was good, it reminds us of the Rollright Stones, same type of corrosion on the stones, same height and overall impression. Lovely day, warm sun in March, the spring equinox has blessed us.

Picture taken at around 4pm on a damp and eerie September afternoon.