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<< Our Photo Pages >> Windover Hill - Long Barrow in England in East Sussex

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 24 July 2008  Page Views: 10000

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Windover Hill
Country: England County: East Sussex Type: Long Barrow
 Nearest Village: Wilmington
Map Ref: TQ540033
Latitude: 50.808789N  Longitude: 0.184386E
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 no data 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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jonm visited on 16th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Notes on "Long barrow": situated to the west of the tumuli above the Long man of Wilmington, this feature appears to be orientated to approximately 50 degrees east of north

Windover Hill
Windover Hill submitted by jonm : Main Tumulus at top of Windover Hill (Picture 2): Location approx 50.8084, 0.1873 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible Neolithic Long Barrow. The earthwork is about 68 metres northeast-southwest and about 13 metres in width. It is a maximum 2 metres in height. Pastscape record: Windover Hill
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Windover Hill Flint Mines
Windover Hill Flint Mines submitted by jonm : Several bowl shapes in area thought to be flint mines. A curious feature of each bowl is a slightly raised platform in front of most of the bowls. This platform in this picture located adjacent to the bowl at 50.80953N, 0.19037E (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windover Hill
Windover Hill submitted by jonm : Small barrow adjacent to main barrow (approx 100 yards east) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windover Hill Flint Mines
Windover Hill Flint Mines submitted by jonm : One of several bowl shapes thought to be flint mines. This one located at 50.80953N, 0.19037E (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windover Hill
Windover Hill submitted by jonm : View of "Long Barrow" from below (along path joining South Downs way and Wealdway). Tumulus at top of hill can be seen beyond. This structure is located to the west of the tumulus. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windover Hill
Windover Hill submitted by jonm : Main Tumulus at Windover Hill showing North Face

Windover Hill
Windover Hill submitted by jonm : Tumulus immediately above the Long Man of Wilmington. Tumulus has a surrounding ditch and an unusual folded top surface.

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 205m E 88° Long Man Hill Cuttings* Misc. Earthwork (TQ5420503315)
 225m ESE 105° Windover Hill * Barrow Cemetery (TQ54220325)
 299m E 92° Windover Hill Flint Mines* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (TQ543033)
 299m NE 42° Long Man Ring Platform* Misc. Earthwork (TQ5419603527)
 304m NE 37° Long Man Bottom* Round Barrow(s) (TQ5417603547)
 360m ENE 58° Long Man of Wilmington* Hill Figure or Geoglyph (TQ543035)
 473m E 86° Windover-Wilmington Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TQ5447103350)
 497m SSW 197° Deep Dean Tenantry Ground Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TQ53870282)
 742m E 85° Wilmington Hill Staging Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (TQ5473803388)
 761m SSW 205° Deap Dean* Barrow Cemetery (TQ537026)
 859m E 82° Wilmington Hill Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (TQ54850344)
 1.0km ENE 72° Hunters Burgh Long Barrow* Long Barrow (TQ54980365)
 1.1km WNW 298° The Rookery Earthworks Misc. Earthwork (TQ530038)
 1.3km ESE 118° Barrows West of Hill Barn* Artificial Mound (TQ55150273)
 1.4km ESE 107° Hill Barn Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (TQ55390293)
 1.4km S 191° Fore Down Cross Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (TQ5376701881)
 1.5km SE 136° Holt Brow Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (TQ5506802270)
 1.5km SSW 192° Fore Down Tumulus * Round Barrow(s) (TQ53710178)
 1.7km SE 141° Holt Brow South Tumulus* Artificial Mound (TQ55090205)
 1.8km ESE 108° Folkington Hill Round Barrow(s) (TQ55720279)
 1.9km S 174° Lullington/Clay Bottom* Misc. Earthwork (TQ5424201455)
 2.0km W 266° Alfriston Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TQ520031)
 2.2km SSE 158° Clay Bottom Tumulus* Artificial Mound (TQ5491401269)
 2.2km S 188° Friston Forest* Round Barrow(s) (TQ53760107)
 2.6km S 190° Charleston Bottom (Upper Ridge) Field System Misc. Earthwork (TQ53630068)
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Re: Windover Hill by Zooks777 on Friday, 06 August 2021
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Well-shown on Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to CamRA)
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