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Description
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 the barrow's detail could be seen.
Posted Comments:
JimChampion (2006-06-10)
I recognised this clump from theCaptain's photos, and took this picture with the low afternoon sun behind it. Somehow it still seemed familiar, and I've now worked out why. There is an almost identical picture on the spine of my copy of the historical novel "The Forest" by Edward Rutherfurd, which was taken from Graham Cooper's website: http://www.hants.org.uk/newforest/today/today.html
JimChampion (2006-06-10)
A historical note. Apparently the trees on this disc barrow were planted by the Lord of the Manor, Lord Normanton, in 1931. They replaced Scots pine planted in 1850, but killed by heath fire at the beginning of this century. The artist and archaeologist Heywood Sumner lived at nearby Cuckoo Hill, and studied the nearby barrows in detail. He played a part in trying to prevent unauthorised heath fires (which were started by locals who thought that the permitted number and extent of burnings were insufficient for their needs) such as the one that destroyed the original planting of pines on this barrow. The barrows themselves are not significantly damaged by these fires.
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