The disc barrow adjacent to the enclosure looking West
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Inner banks of the enclosure looking West along the South Downs
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Possibly the only sarsen in the village.... I meant West Sussex.
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Eyes shut and in a deep, deep sleep, lulled by the passing traffic on the Shoreham Road. At least from this angle anyway.
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Looking South towards DFS and Burger King!!
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Sited conveniently next to the carpark for picnics. What foresight!
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The 3 linear barrows flanking the carpark.
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360’ panorama from the middle rampart at the main entrance.
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Looking back up to the Rings from the carpark. The 4th and smallest barrow in the cemetery group is just visible on the right hand side.
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The faint trace of the Ackling Dyke, Roman Road running NE/SW to the north of the Rings.
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Panorama from the top bank looking south towards Worthing and the sea.
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The stones in all their cold, sombre, wintery glory. My first visit although I must have passed it dozens of times without noticing it’s secluded delights!
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The ring looking from the entrance.
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Looking back towards the road and the back of the mighty truncated tree.
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Panorama of Ranscombe camp and the South Downs from Mount Caburn.
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Another of the many barrows around the top of Firle Beacon, this one slightly truncated by a farm track.
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If the large barrow at the top of Firle Beacon is a long barrow, what is this? Conjoined round barrows? This is the view looking South West.
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The lower and reasonably well defined disc barrow next to the South Downs Way footpath.
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The higher, and much less distinct, disc barrow adjacent to the South Downs Way footpath.
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Panorama from the top of the bowl barrow looking west over the South Downs. The long barrow, barely visible, lays at the edge of the hill and to the right.
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Panorama of Windover Hill and the long barrow viewed from the ascending SouthDowns Way path from the west.
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Interior of the camp at the furthest point from the track.
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Panorama of the camp from the track running alongside looking North West.
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One of the 2(?) disc barrows near the car parking area.
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Facing more or less due South.
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Two days later during the day, though a little overcast and gloomy, but still mightily impressive.
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Facing North East in the gathering gloom. It’s quite an eerie place at night even though there’s an isolated house just 100m from the stones.
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Facing North West. Can’t help thinking it looks just a little bit phallic from this angle?
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Panorama looking back East across the island from the ‘Harboro’.
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Facing West with the Tennyson Down cliffs just visible.
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A small ring of stones set into the top of one of the largest barrows, the ‘Harboro’. Nice touch, but not ancient! These were placed here in WW2, I believe, when this spot was an Observation Post. There’s also a lump of concrete sticking out of the south eastern edge which may have been part of a larger structure.
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Looking back towards Five Barrows on the left and behind that the Solent and the mainland.
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Facing West with Compton Bay, The Needles and the Solent in the background.
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Panorama facing South East with the best defined barrow in the foreground.
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Panorama from the top of a barrow in the South West corner.
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A cross dyke on the Tennyson Trail above Freshwater Bay.
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Another view of the ‘Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure looking North East.
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According to the notice board at The Needles this is a neolithic mortuary enclosure (simply an ‘earthwork’ on the OS Explorer map for the I of W). It’s situated right next to the Tennyson Trail on Tennyson Down just up from Freshwater Bay.
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A pair of rather lowly barrows near the Tennyson Monument and the footpath leading to The Needles behind.
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One of the Bronze age barrows on West High Down with the valley that leads down to the rather tacky Alum Bay in the background.
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