
The entrance to the fort from the carpark on the Southern side. Mrs Cane, making a swift ascent of the substantial banks on the left hand side, for scale!
The entrance to the fort from the carpark on the Southern side. Mrs Cane, making a swift ascent of the substantial banks on the left hand side, for scale!
Panorama of the interior looking South with the main road off to the right.
Looking East back from the top of the bank next to the B3180.
Looking South West from the SDW footpath with the three large barrows prominent on the skyline.
Panorama of the interior of the fort looking South East.
The middle of the three large barrows in the interior of the fort looking South East.
Panorama looking South West from the SDW footpath.
Looking South from the main road/South Downs Way.
Looking South East. The South Downs Way track runs right past it and there are a couple of bumps slightly further East on the other side of the track before you approach Cheesefoot Head.
The largest barrow looking back west to Winchester.
The ransacked barrow and the view west of the Devil’s Dyke and the South Downs.
The faint line of what may have been a small enclosure on the hill top.
A smaller cross dyke which comes almost to the summit of Steep Down with Cissbury Ring in the distance on the right.
At the end of the dyke which nestles in a dip between Steep Down and Lancing Ring.
Barrow 7 with additional gate.
Barrows 7 and 6 from the B3170
The interior of the fort with some of the later Norman fortifications. The Norman castle at the Northwestern end fell into ruin a long time ago and now there’s a farm occupying the site.
View into the interior from the bank running alongside the road to the car park.
The ramparts on the South Eastern side and the entrance/exit to the car park on the right.
The Iron Age ramparts that now butt up against the road to the car park.
One of the immense gnarled stones in the valley bottom as you come from the Manton race circuit end. This one was neatly segmented in three.
The setting sun looking from the ramparts back along The Ridgeway.
Panorama of the fort interior from the western entrance.
Just to continue the ongoing sheep theme....
Lord’s Seat in shadow in the foreground and Mam Tor in t’ background
Lord’s Seat barrow with Mam Tor just behind and the enigmatic Hope Valley to the left.