There were a number of these strange shapes near The Needles and it’s hard to say if they’re really old or if they’re part of the mauled landscape due to the ‘rocket testing’ station at The Needles Battery during the Cold War.
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First of the modestly sized and mostly flint, as opposed to chalk, barrows atop the Down.
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Looking North East with Shanklin and Sandown in the distance.
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Looking back across the site with the radio transmitters and radar station in the background.
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One of the last barrows as you come to the end of Luccombe Down.
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Not quite sure what this actually is or how old it might be. Simply one of many lumps and bumps.
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Panorama looking back across Pay Down towards ‘Five Barrows’ on the crest of the hill to the North West.
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Pay Down viewed from the path down from ‘Five Barrows’.
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The dyke which runs for some length along the ridge of Afton Down and into the Freshwater Bay golf course.
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A pair of barrows near the footpath or are they merely bunkers on the golf course?
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Three barrows near the entrance to the golf course with the public footpath running through the middle.
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Interesting one this. The barrow on the left I think is genuine and the one on the right has either been added to by the golf course designers or is merely a heap of earth. It certainly didn’t seem consistent with others in the group.
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Three barrows near the Clubhouse of the Freshwater Bay Golf Course.
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A double-ditched cross dyke just before the point where the SDW takes a sharp turn South.
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The other cross dyke, not quite as defined as the previous one.
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Another barrow on the south side of the long distance path.
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Looking North with Plumpton Agricultural College, on the left, nestling at the foot of the South Downs.
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One of numerous barrows alongside the South Downs Way just above the village of Plumpton looking North East.
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Looking north to where the South Downs Way is bisected by the A27.
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One of the larger and numerous barrows at the top of the bostal down to Kingston near Lewes.
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Panorama looking East along the South Downs Way. These ‘boundary markers’ are far bigger than any others that you’ll encounter along the Way and go some distance down each side of the hill, which makes one wonder if they’re actually more than that.
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Panorama of the South West Circle facing west
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The rain-soaked cap stone with, I presume, a bit of modern graffiti.
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180 degree view of the ring looking South West(ish). The tiny dot in the middle is the passage grave.
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Looking north east with one of the stones at the foot of the barrow.
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View from the top of Gib Hill and the stone on top of it, looking back towards the henge.
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The more southerly of the two long barrows with Bow Hill in the background to the right.
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A minor nuclear explosion above the southerly long barrow. The yew forested Kingley Vale stands in the background.
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X marks the spot. The more northerly of the two compact and bijou long barrows at Stoughton Down.
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The two largest barrows to the south west and the other two only just visible on the extreme right.
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The two slightly smaller barrows to the North east. The one on the right is slightly misaligned with the other three.
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The two largest barrows viewed from the east with figure to give a sense of scale-these babies are BIG!
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The dyke which runs along the north-western edge of the four main barrows with the two largest in the background to the left.
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Standing just outside the outer ring looking vaguely north
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The beautiful sweeping valley of Standean Bottom beneath the enclosure on top of Castle Hill.
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Panoramic view looking south with the sweeping valley of Standean Bottom visible on either side.
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Looking north east to the brow of the hill and the edges of the rectangular enclosure.
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Looking south west down the bank and ditch on the western side of Castle Hill enclosure.
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The cross dyke west of the ring (in the background) with the South Downs Way path snaking from the right.
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