Squid Tempest
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Dorset
Jul 17, 2001, 13:18
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Any good sites to see in the Dorchester area which aren't in the MA? We're off there next week, and we did most of the MA sites there last year (Swannery, Maiden Castle, Badbury Rings etc)
Thanks,
Squid
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johan
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Re: Dorset
Jul 17, 2001, 21:32
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If you head towards Bridport you can take a journey to Eggardon Hillfort which is only briefly covered in MA. Also a trip to Knowlton Henges never goes amiss. Lovely countryside round there.
Not sure about access, but the Nine Stones at Winterbourne Abbass is part of a bigger ceremonial landscape some of which can be seen from the road in either direction.
Also Hambledon and Hod Hill are worth the journeys.
Ever thought about Cranborne Chase, back towards Poole and the Dorset Cursus?
I know most of these are covered in the MA but they are all worth checking out further.
It might be worth checking out the museum in Dorchester and asking for advice there, maybe even the Records Office.
Failing that just get out into the countryside, there's always some surprise lurking around the corner.
Have fun, I'm hopefully getting out on Dartmoor in the next few weeks for the first time since December! I need to get out there!
johan
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Annexus Quam
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Re: Dorset
Jul 17, 2001, 22:05
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here's some more sites not mentioned by cope or johan... with the OS numbers (LB means long barrow, H henge and RB round barrow)
I must say they are all in West Hants (cos I work in 'megalithic areas' for
ease of travel and visit, not in counties in my own gazetteer):
hengistbury prom fort sz 164910
pimperne LB st 917105
buzbury cattle enclosure st919060
shapwick RB st934016
spetisbury fort 915020
combs ditch field boundary st 890000
deverel rb sy820990
ringmoor enclosure st809085
rawlsbury fort st 767057
povington heath 24 rb (MOD land so fuck them!) sy876840
bindon hill fort 835803
five marys rb's 790842
came wood rb's aligned on lb 702853
chalbury 695838
smacam down bronze village 657994
poundbury 683912
pilsdon fort st 413013
blackpatch flint mines nr abbotsbury
bronkham hill 30 rb's sy 623873
blackdown 10 rb 613876
poor lot 44 rb necropolis 589907
ham hill st484164
robin hoods butt rb st230143/237128
broad down 50 rb sy 147967-174935
blackbury sx187924
sidbury sy128913
cadbury ss 914053
three barrows 3 rb's sx915991
milber down enclosures sx 884699
kents cavern 934641
stanborough 773517
bolt tail fort 669397
when not indicated, I am sure you will recognise the ending -bury or -borough, until today a sign of hillfort or castled town
if you need more details about any of the sites or even more info then say it and let me know if you visit any of those, many are unknown to me - mainly, as you can see, that part of the south is, too, teeming with round barrows and hillforts more than anywhere else - impressive stone constructions are not so common, but who cares when it is the land and her features that says it all? a megalith is only a needle on one of the hotspots of a beatiful naked body
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Dorset
Jul 17, 2001, 23:41
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gee thanks folks, must have taken some time to type all that lot in!
I did go to the Nine Stones and environs last year Johan, but may go again coz you've reminded me how interesting it was...
not sure we'll get to Hampshire this next week AQ, but we do go there quite a bit (Suzie Squid hails from Winchester), so I will print your list out for future consumption!
multiple thank yous
Squid
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RiotGibbon
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Re: Dorset
Jul 18, 2001, 11:17
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do check out Ann Woodward's "British Barrows" - she talks about how the site lines at the Launceston Barrow (in front of Maiden Castle) change entirely when you climb up
like the boys say, it's a huge ceremonial landscape
when you coming to investigate the Chilterns then?
RG
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Dorset
Jul 18, 2001, 12:01
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Where can I get hold of "British Barrows" RG? Is it commonly available?
As for the Chilterns, it could be some time...not much holiday left this year. I suppose we might manage a long weekend at some point.
Squid
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RiotGibbon
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Re: Dorset
Jul 18, 2001, 12:19
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you can get BB on Amazon. Top read, if you're into barrows ...
as for the Chilterns - oh come on, it's between Aylesbury and Watford - hardly the ends of the earth for you inner-M25 folk ...
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wychburyman
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Re: Dorset
Jul 18, 2001, 14:18
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Not too far away (but in the MA so you may have tried it) is The Grey Mare and Her Colts Long Barrow, and a few minutes from that the Nine Ladies (I think) stone circle.
Me and W'girl spent several ours in that landscape, warm sunshine, fluffly clouds, buzzards, silence; absolute bliss and fine views along the Dorset coast.
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Dorset
Jul 18, 2001, 16:39
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presumably the Chilterns would be worth more than a brief daytrip though? and we are South London, not one of the northerly tribes, so a tinsey bit further...stop ragging me RG - I hate travelling, so any journey is a bit daunting for me.
Squid
PS I couldn't find the book on Amazon earlier - I'll look again when I get home.
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RiotGibbon
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Re: Dorset
Jul 18, 2001, 17:16
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752414682/o/qid=994333678/sr=8-1/202-9893548-4906212
lots of free festies in your area this weekend - Brockwell Park and Dartford - have a look at www.guilfin.net
come on, we made it down to Blackheath - slacker!
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