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Twiff13 visited on 26th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 We parked at the top of the area, by the gallops (race track oval) and had a great view of the downs and the valley; it was a beautiful afternoon for walking. I walk on sticks (crutches left in the car) and the ground was good to walk on, a bit bumpy in places, but expected for late Summer pasture. The land is well maintained amd sometimes livestock in the fields so please keep your dogs on a lead. We followed the path on the OS map down a steep incline and then to a bottom field which looked like a small circle of large stones with a Hawthorn in the centre. Going through the gate, we walked through an overgrown pathway in the next field, fenced off and kept wild into the field where the dolmen is, here the path was properly mown short through the long grass. We could see large stones in the field leading up to Devil's Den which I thought could have been a small avenue of stone but later found out that this was a passage grave (see description on this site), so probably the remains of that? It's an impressive site, in a wonderful location, a great spot to sit and take in the surrounding views and appreciate the huge stones. Late Summer means long grasses so the smaller stones surrounding the dolmen could not be seen - thankful for the gallery on here!. By now, my knees were very painful so we decided to walk the track back to the road - this would be accessible by an all-terrain mobility vehicle, definitely not wheelchair accessible. Nevertheless, I managed to walk it without any drama. A really good visit.

Hordernm visited on 14th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

SimonBlackmore visited on 9th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

SimonBlackmore visited on 9th Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

NDM visited on 4th Mar 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 2

philw visited on 19th Jul 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2

KimIannucci visited on 29th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

mochyndeaer visited on 2nd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SolarMegalith visited on 12th Mar 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

custer visited on 16th Jan 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Short walk from the car park. Ideal point to further explore Fyfield Down and the fields of Sarsens. Nicely fenced off area, allowing access up to the stones. Great place.

johnstone visited on 1st Jul 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 16th Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 As I was driving westwards along the A4 Sunday afternoon, I decided to stop in at the Devils Den for a look round, having not been there for many years - the stony delights a bit further west usually taking my attention. Knowing it is difficult to park on the A4 in order to walk up the track from Clatford Bottom, I decided to take the little road to the north, I believe towards Manstone farm, where there is a fairly large car park near to the racing stables. From there it is a pleasant walk along the ridge before dropping down into the valley where the Devils Den resides, with some nice views over the site as a whole to be had on the way (it always strikes me what a strange place this is for such a monument, low down in the valley like it is). Unfortunately, when down on the overgrown trackway along the sarsen scattered valley bottom, there was no way into the field of the dolmen, with fences, nettles and much scrub preventing access to its field. Even getting to a point quite close by is not recommended in shorts - quite a painful experience ! I can only assume that the landowners are perhaps letting a fairly large strip of land become completely overgrown in order to deter people from clambering over the fences to go for a closer look.

TheCaptain visited on 25th Jul 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

graemefield visited on 8th Aug 1992 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3

NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 2

Phillwhite visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3

NDM visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.24 Ambience: 4.18 Access: 3.24

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