Grrr. This lovely stone, just inside on the right, defaced by mindless scrawl.
Image credit: Jimit Aug 05
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The gentle corbelling of the roof, necessary because of the relatively small stones used.
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The remains of the sarsens at the entrance
Image credit: Jimit Sept05
This angle shows the speculative wooden lintels.
Image credit: Jimit June 2005
The stone, lying in its Roman quarry, overlooking the steep Hippenscombe valley to the North.
Image credit: Jimit March 05
There may be several pictures of this stone posted as lighting conditions determine which marks are more prominent. Until a full knowledge of their extent is known it is difficult to say whether they are man-made or natural.
Image credit: Jimit March 05
A wintery day, high on the downs, looking over N Hampshire.
Image credit: Jimit March 05
Telephoto view from the Sanctuary. Silbaby is in the trees in the middle distance.
Image credit: Jimit Nov 04
Please excuse the quality of this picture but it was scanned from a photo-copy of a book published in 1927 with the photo taken in 1915.
Copyright. Wilts Arch Mag Vol 43 p209.
Better photos to follow
Image credit: Mrs Keiller. Field Archaeology in Hants by JP Williams Freeman. 1915.
How the site may have looked during the Mesolithic period.
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Cross section of the site.
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The preserved excavation.
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The Sarsen Stones built into the SE corner (only) of the early mediaeval chapel. The guide book states that “...they were taken from the pagan circle...“.
Image credit: Jimit 2004
Looking S. Apart from some stones which obviously define the road, there are several “outliers” seemingly randomly erected in the valley.
Image credit: Jimit 2004
The curious “passage” heading N. Constructed with distinctive pudding stones, a form of conglomerate.
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From the Sanctuary. The newly (re) discovered mound is in the trees at middle distance. A possible alignment?
Image credit: Jimit 2004
The two tracks L & R define the County boundary with Wilts as the sharp triangle between.
Image credit: Jimit 12.03
