StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: barrow

phw - silbury hill

phw - silbury hill

StoneRoad2013
30 Dec 2022 2 2 70
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

ppd[22] - entrance info board

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 80
The English Heritage information board at the edge of the car park at Arbor Low / Gib Hill.
ppd[22] - traction trebuchet / mangonel

ppd[22] - traction trebuchet / mangonel

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 1 77
This replica [scaled model] of a trebuchet caught my eye. Why is it here ?
ppd[22] - farm cat [2 of 2]

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

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 88
meow ! loosely translated as "why you stopped ? that was fun"
ppd[22] - farm cat [1 of 2]

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

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 83
Additional entrance / exit toll required - AKA the farm cat requires a few strokes & tummy tickles ...
ppd[22] - Henge from Gib Hill

ppd[22] - Henge from Gib Hill

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 7 6 123
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]

ppd[22] - Gib Hill barrow[s]

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 84
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]

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

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 84
The text section of the Gib Hill barrow information panel.
ppd[22] - barrow panel [1 of 2]

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

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 66
information panel depicting a ritual event on the Gib Hill barrow
ppd[22] - stone marker

ppd[22] - stone marker

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 78
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

ppd[22] - henge ditch

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 76
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]

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

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 73
Panel section with some of the written description for Arbor Low.
ppd[22] - henge panel [1 of 2]

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

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 71
Information panel for Arbor Low, illustrating how it probably looked.
ppd[22] - Arbor Low stones

ppd[22] - Arbor Low stones

StoneRoad2013
18 Nov 2022 3 156
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

svr(eh)[22] - two wheel barrow

StoneRoad2013
28 Aug 2022 70
A two-wheel barrow or handcart, lettered for Paddington Engineering Dept.