Looking west at two of the larger barrows in the group
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Looking east from one of the larger barrows with the two cross dykes intersecting the group
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Looking west from the central barrow in the cemetery at Heyshott Down
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Three of the barrows viewed from the South Downs way looking North West
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Looking South East back along the row from the middle barrow
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Panorama showing five of the barrows in their alignment with the setting sun at the summer solstice
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Torberry Hillfort from Harting Hill on the South Downs.
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Torberry Hillfort viewed from the South Downs Way looking North with Little Torberry Hill in the foreground.
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Looking North to the Thunders Barrow with a perfectly apt sky above
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View from the western edge looking South West across the Adur valley
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The western edge of the very small and hardly discernible Iron age hill fort on Thundersbarrow Hill
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The barrow, although not so interesting in itself, stands on a promontory of the South Downs which leads down to Southwick and Shoreham. However, from this elevated position you get breath-taking views of the whole coastline from the east of Brighton to the west of Worthing, the River Adur as it snakes past Lancing College and the stretch of the South Downs to the North with Trueleigh Hill directly behind you. There was a settlement here also, but I don’t know if this dated from the neolithic or from more recent medieval times. It was getting too dark to actually get a look at this aspect of the site so another visit will ensue. It’s worth visiting just for it’s isolation, peacefulness (apart from the roar of the A27 which passes just beneath it) and the abundance of natural flora all around it.
View from Thunders Barrow looking South East towards Brighton and Hove and Shoreham Power Station on the extreme right
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Thunders Barrow looking North West
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A view to Truleigh Hill from the round barrow just to the East along the South Downs Way
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This neatly placed barrow sits just beneath and to the east of Truleigh Hill on the South Downs Way. A good place to take a break before climbing towards Devil’s Dyke.
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Astride the Dyke as it descends towards the village of Fulking beneath the South Downs
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View of Devil’s Dyke and the South Downs Way looking East
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Round barrow just West of Devil’s Dyke on the South Downs Way
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The faint remains of a large bell barrow near the western entrance and a view down to Wroughton Airfield, now a second home to the Science Museum.
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The North East Circle looking South West
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The North East Avenue looking South, but hell, what a sky!
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The Great Circle looking North.
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The Great Circle looking vaguely North East.
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The summit of Glatting Beacon with the prominent radio communication masts which provide a landmark/eyesore for miles around.
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A section of the Cross Dyke at Sutton Down
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The large Cross Dyke on Sutton Down adjacent to Glatting Beacon
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The Cross Dyke which runs from the top of Glatting Beacon south east bisecting the Monarch’s Way/Stane Street.
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The barrow next to the Bignor Hill car park with Glatting Beacon behind
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The barrow on the south side of the South Downs Way at the top of Glatting Beacon
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One of two barrows that sit astride the South Downs Way near the top of Glatting Beacon.
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The whole site from the top of the more northerly barrow
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The second barrow at the Barkhale site looking to the north west
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The enclosure with one of the two quite large, but low round barrows adjacent to it.
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The edge of the enclosure looking roughly south east
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View from the ramparts looking south east towards Church Hill and the back-filled flint mine-shafts to the right
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The crudely made (and wholely unnecessary) cross in the centre of the ring.
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Panorama of the ring from the east with a view down the northern side to Washington
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Looking to the South West with the constant dim buzz of motorway traffic in our ears.
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Looking South East with the ancient trackway behind.
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Kit’s Coty looking to the West and without the grim, but probably once stunning, North Kent landscape.
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