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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ibsley Common barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Hampshire

Submitted by thecaptain on Wednesday, 19 April 2006  Page Views: 13241

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ibsley Common barrows
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.0 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hampshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Ringwood  Nearest Village: Mockbeggar
Map Ref: SU172106
Latitude: 50.894628N  Longitude: 1.756811W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by thecaptain : On the western edge of the New Forest plateau above the river Avon is this fine disc barrow with splendid views in all directions. This is the view towards the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bronze age barrow cemetery on Ibsley Common plateau, at the western edge of the New Forest.

Several bowl barrows are to be found up on this high (relatively) plateau top, along with a disc barrow and a saucer barrow. Most of the bowl barrows are these days fairly insignificant, and not much more is to be seen other than a slight bump under a clump of gorse. However, the disc barrow is very clearly to be seen, largely because it is under a little plantation of trees (known as Robin Hood's Clump), nicely situated right on the western edge of the plateau, with splendid views in almost all directions.

The barrows are Scheduled Monuments and more information can be found in this extract from English Heritage's record of scheduled monuments.
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Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by davidmorgan : The disc barrow with the pines on Ibsley Common. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by davidmorgan : An overgrown bowl barrow on Ibsley Common. SU 17004 10592 50.894564 N, 1.7595962 W. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by davidmorgan : A barrow on Ibsley Common. SU 18181 10910 50.897382 N, 1.742854 W. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by davidmorgan : A bowl barrow on Ibsley Common. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by davidmorgan : One of the bowl barrows on Ibsley Common. SU 17621 10489 50.893620 N, 1.7508334 W. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by JimChampion : The Ibsley Common disc barrow at grid reference SU17171064, and its topping of Scots pine trees (known as Robin Hood's clump). This barrow is very easy to locate on a western spur treeless plateau. Its English Heritage scheduling describes it as being a disc shaped platform, raised 0.15m, surrounded by a low raised rim and a shallow outer ditch. I've deliberately over-exposed the picture so that t... (2 comments)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by JimChampion : The very indistinct bowl barrow at grid ref SU17701056 is in the foreground, with the plateau of Ibsley Common beyond. I was only able to locate it because it is covered with dead bracken and new green shoots of bracken, whereas the surrounding plateau is covered with heather (and not bracken). There must be a reason for the different vegetation on the barrow. (1 comment)

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by JimChampion : Honestly, its a bowl barrow. Located on Dorridge Hill at grid reference SU17881161, it is 12m in diameter and less than 1m high. Its northeast edge (on the left) is being worn away by users of this track across Ibsley Common. The English Heritage scheduling notes say that it is constructed of compacted gravel.

Ibsley Common barrows
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by thecaptain : On the western edge of the New Forest plateau above the river Avon is this fine disc barrow with splendid views in all directions. This is the view towards the northeast.

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Re: Ibsley Common barrows by myrrdin on Sunday, 25 February 2007
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Hi. interesting and helpful comments but a little confusion over the differing map refernces. The map I'm using is Explorer series OL22, and grid ref is 172106.
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Re: Ibsley Common barrows by JimChampion on Saturday, 06 May 2006
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Yes, that book is an interesting read with some of Sumner's very beautiful and distinctive illustrations. (Would be nice to have some of them here for reference, but I'm not sure of the copyright implications).

There are a number at this website:

http://www.fulltable.com/vts/aoi/s/sumner/s.htm

including the Setley Plain intersecting disc barrows.
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Re: Ibsley Common barrows by mishkin on Saturday, 06 May 2006
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Ibsley Common Barrows are, I see, 250 metres from Cuckoo Hill, where Heywood Sumner, artist and archaeologist lived, and drew all the landscapes round there. Barry Cunliffe wrote a book about him which I found in my local library" Heywood Sumner's Wessex", he did a beautiful painting of the roman potters coming out of the woods with their ponies - panniers filled with pottery.
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