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phw - silbury hill

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:00:07 +0000

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I'm old enough to have been able to climb to the top off this ancient monument, which isn't allowed these days, for various safety reasons.

Scan of a friend's image of Silbury Hill, posted with permission

ppd[22] - entrance info board

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:17:07 +0000

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The English Heritage information board at the edge of the car park at Arbor Low / Gib Hill.

ppd[22] - traction trebuchet / mangonel

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:16:55 +0000

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This replica [scaled model] of a trebuchet caught my eye.
Why is it here ?

ppd[22] - farm cat [2 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:16:46 +0000

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meow ! loosely translated as "why you stopped ? that was fun"

ppd[22] - farm cat [1 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:16:34 +0000

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Additional entrance / exit toll required - AKA the farm cat requires a few strokes & tummy tickles ...

ppd[22] - Henge from Gib Hill

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:16:24 +0000

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Looking from the fenced enclosure across at Arbor Low [the Bronze Age round barrow is just nicking the horizon] from the height of the Gib Hill barrows, a little over 350 yards away, in line with the stile.

ppd[22] - Gib Hill barrow[s]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:16:10 +0000

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Actually, Gib Hill is made up of two barrows, a Neolithic oval barrow with an early Bronze Age barrow superimposed at one end.
I think that the site was already one of the highest points in the area, before the barrows were built.

ppd[22] - barrow panel [2 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:15:56 +0000

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The text section of the Gib Hill barrow information panel.

ppd[22] - barrow panel [1 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:15:46 +0000

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information panel depicting a ritual event on the Gib Hill barrow

ppd[22] - stone marker

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:15:37 +0000

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One of the stone markers that define the limits of the areas around "Arbor Low" and "Gib Hill" that were protected in 1882, hence the incised "VR" ...

ppd[22] - henge ditch

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:15:29 +0000

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Digging the ditch and bank of this henge must have been difficult, as I think the soil is only shallow. [which may be one of the reasons why the stones are recumbent features].

ppd[22] - henge panel [2 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:15:12 +0000

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Panel section with some of the written description for Arbor Low.

ppd[22] - henge panel [1 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:15:04 +0000

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Information panel for Arbor Low, illustrating how it probably looked.

ppd[22] - Arbor Low stones

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:15:20 +0000

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The stone circle at Arbor Low, surrounded by a ditch and bank. The limestone slabs are laid [mostly] flat and some are broken. All show deep marks from weathering. There is some debate whether the stones were ever vertical.
The figure is standing at one end of the central feature [The "Cove"],
Image captured from the later Bronze Age round barrow that was constructed at the eastern edge of the henge.

svr(eh)[22] - two wheel barrow

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:10:17 +0000

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A two-wheel barrow or handcart, lettered for Paddington Engineering Dept.