Site of where the other half of the circle would have been.
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The beginning of the semi-circle (E to W).
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You’re only a few metres from the road at this point.
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Replete with offerings. Two more stones just behind.
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No longer upright, but still part of the circle
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Must be in here somewhere!
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I’m a bit confused by this one. The OS map seems to place it in this chine, but having jumped over the fence I couldn’t find any evidence of anything remotely grave-like. There’s a telecoms mast and compound (where you’d expect it to be sited behind you to the west), but unless they destroyed it building the compound I have no idea where it could be!
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The long barrow in the foreground (not very defined) flanked by the round barrow group off to the right.
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Looking down the line from one of the western barrows.
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Poole Harbour, Bournemouth and Brownsea Island from the cemetery. Just below, but not visible, are the Rempstone Stone Circle, the Agglestone and Studland stone rows.
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Looking east from the centre of the group. The Needles on the Isle of Wight is just visible in the top left corner.
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The ring ditch is just about discernible on this one.
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The largest barrow in the group and Mrs Cane for scale (she casts a mighty shadow!)
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Possible boundary markers just east of the barrow cemetery.
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East Hill viewed across Ecclesbourne Glen. The large cross dyke to the fort straddles the ridge and is mostly hidden by bushes and trees.
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Panorama of Circle E, cairns and rows from the first days visit under a threatening sky.
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The stones crossing the avenue may possibly be part of a Neolithic field system which the site was built over in the Bronze Age.
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Circle E with a half buried outlier in the foreground.
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Mirrored ‘Entrance’ stones to Circle G, except that the right hand stone isn’t actually part of the circle, it’s part of a tangential row pointing roughly ENE.
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Is that a peek of blue sky and the promise of end to the rain? No chance!
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View from the rear chamber. The lough is just beyond and to the left.
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Close up of the front and that very indiscreet metal bar.
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Panorama of the whole site. You can’t see the rain, but it was pretty soggy on our visit.
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Enchanting! Note the small circle surrounding it. According to Burl it ‘may be a despoiled ring-cairn rather than a true stone circle’.
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Apparently there are other circles and stone alignments close by, but you’d have to do an awful lot of clearance to work it all out.
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Beautiful moss-covered stones which I presumed to be a ruined cairn, but could possibly be a ruined stone hut.
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Looking back towards the clearing that contains the Standing stone/circle.
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After wondering around this section of the forest for a good half an hour we came to the conclusion that this might be the candidate for the chambered grave marked on the map. Horribly overgrown and with a fallen tree covering it, it still exuded a certain charm. Of course we could be completely wrong and somebody else may know the whereabouts of some glorious site tucked snugly in the conifers!
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Close-up of the largest visible stone beneath the fallen tree.
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One of the prettiest sites we encountered in NI. At this stage cows completely disinterested.....
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Panorama of most of the site which consists of about eleven barrows, some medieval pillow mounds and some fantastic views over the Solent and English Channel.
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Looking north. The white mark to the right of the tree is the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, dwarfed by these beautiful barrows!
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The bulk of the main group viewed from the south.
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One of two barrows slightly further east of the group
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One of the outlying barrows in the group up near the Ashey Down Seamark
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Looking west, about midway between Five Barrows in the east and the Afton Down barrows in the west.
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