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Stones Forum >> What is this circular feature at MoD Boscombe Down, near Amesbury, Wiltshire?
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What is this circular feature at MoD Boscombe Down, near Amesbury, Wiltshire? |
woode
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|  Posted 19-11-2010 at 01:06
I'm sure it's just my imagination, but I see a ditch and outer bank, but no causeway. It appears to be about 60m in diameter. I haven't found anything about it here or on other sites. Plowed-out barrow?
Coordinates: 51° 9'31.57"N 1°45'6.55"W
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davidmorgan
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|  Posted 19-11-2010 at 15:51
It's marked as a tumulus on the OS map.
If you go to this site page and scroll east on the OS Openspace map, you'll see it marked.
Probably not very easy to get access, though!
[ This message was edited by: davidmorgan on 2010-11-19 15:53 ]
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h_fenton
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| Posted 19-11-2010 at 19:19
It is a bronze age disc barrow, and is a scheduled ancient monument, see: http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/28938.pdf
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woode
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| Posted 19-11-2010 at 20:39
I should have known to check the OS maps. *blush* It's fascinating that the monument record specifically includes the WWII pillbox on the barrow's bank.
David, no doubt it would be a little tougher to visit than others.  I'd love to see the barrow, pillbox, and that amazing-looking collection of aircraft due NW on the Google satellite image.
Thanks!
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| Posted 19-11-2010 at 22:26
It's good to remember that whilst squandering huge amounts of tax payers money the MOD is still one of the best guardians of our heritage.
It is always worth looking at MOD sites because their development is very slow and they have a creditable and very pro-active approach to archaeology.
It is good to pan out on that google view and see the larger enclosures and prehistoric landscape visible in the short grasses nearby.
I just wish Google would update their photos every now and again, I have been staring at a big white cloud where my house should be for the past seven years!
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davidmorgan
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| Posted 20-11-2010 at 13:55
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| On 2010-11-19 20:39, woode wrote:
that amazing-looking collection of aircraft due NW on the Google satellite image. |
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Looks like a couple of Phantoms, a Harrier, a Hunter, a 1-11 and a Provost.
P.S. It seems that they move them around occasionally - Bing and Google.
[ This message was edited by: davidmorgan on 2010-11-20 17:19 ]
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woode
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| Posted 24-11-2010 at 02:32
Ha ha ha! Thanks David! Gotta share those links with my brother, recently retired from the US Air Force. He still has a child-like love for aircraft.
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