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Mersley Down
Date Added: 17th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 30th Nov 2018. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 1 Access 3
Mersley Down submitted by RingPaw on 16th Jul 2006. This seems to have been almost totally ploughed out. There is a definite platform with lumps & bumps at the top of a small hill which is probably the barrow site (here in foreground). View north to Portsmouth & South Downs.
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Log Text: Only recognisable by very slightly raised ground that could be confused with the many other lumps in the ground. I could not be certain of the exact location in the field due to the numerous similar lumps in the ground. The video is of the site according to an OS map/gps coordinates but disappointed not to find any significant mounds. There are other earth features in the field which may/may not be significant. Ambience is not present hence: '1 - Awful'.
See video - https://youtu.be/NdezfJTLToY
Shanklin Down Barrows
Date Added: 17th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Nov 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Shanklin Down Barrows submitted by RingPaw on 2nd Nov 2006. Barrow in foreground; towns of Shanklin & Sandown, white Culver Cliff + Portsmouth and the South Downs beyond.
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Log Text: A long walk from the Ventnor Road but once there the views are well worth it! If you know what you're looking for you will find the nearly flattened barrows but tell-tale mounds are there to be seen. Mounds can be seen all over this area which makes me think that it is a cemetery rather than just a couple barrows - I've asked the IWCC if this is the case and they've told me that the other lumps could be from mining or as other unconfirmed barrows or pillow mounds. The trig mark is only obvious once you're in the field but no sooner.
See video - https://youtu.be/VmVQ-JwC2fg?t=1
Culver Down I
Date Added: 18th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Culver Down I submitted by PaulM on 29th Aug 2003. By the gun battery - see main site entry.
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Log Text: A short walk from the lower car park at the end of Culver Down. This barrow is quite noticeable if you look where you wouldn't expect to see it! It was overgrown and hidden away by some trees and brambles when I visited. It is situated adjacent to a concrete wartime gun emplacement. The video include other lumps and bumps and a listed barrow next to the monument.
See video - https://youtu.be/zfY5iaxRgMQ?t=2
See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1012716
Arreton Downs
Date Added: 18th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Arreton Downs submitted by RingPaw on 16th Jul 2006. Large barrow just to the east of Hare & Hounds PH, a few yards south of the ridge-top road to Brading. Short walk from the pub (watch the traffic).
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Log Text: Once you have found the site the barrow is easy to see. Roughly 3mtrs high and approx 10mtrs diameter. Hidden behind a roadside hedge on the chalk pit side of the road, near the Hare and Hounds pub. There is another barrow several hundred yards away towards the end of the chalk pit and in a field, but this is difficult to see at first. Also known as Michael Morey's Hump. A gallows used to be placed in the center of the Hump from which a grandfather was hanged for killing his grandson C19.
See video - https://youtu.be/zVpFduukZqo?t=21.
See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010008
Nunwell Down
Date Added: 18th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Oct 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Nunwell Down submitted by vicky on 26th Aug 2003. Nunwell Down barrow - see main site entry for further details.
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Log Text: You'll have to know what to look for in order to recognise this site. It is not formally preserved, instead just a mound in a farmer's field which he seems to circumnavigate with his machinery. No fences or protective environment for the barrow. Sad to see it's uncared for. Also known as The Devil's Punch Bowl and seems to be well know locally. See video - https://youtu.be/44WlKNaEzxE?list=PLTlO3UNiWb31re9wQfjfMfebYbLfQ8fhF&t=9. Also see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1012719
Ashey Down Cemetery
Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Ashey Down Cemetery submitted by RingPaw on 18th Jul 2006. The site from the west, showing 'avenue' effect of the grouping.
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Log Text: After a long walk I found that it was all worth it. The barrows are good examples and easily recognised. To walk through them gives a good feeling, almost though as if you are trespassing! Well worth the effort. Once you are there it is a short walk to the Seamark where you will find other, less obvious, barrows and further suspicious lumps in adjacent fields the other side of the roads.
See: https://historicengland.org.uk/sitesearch?searchType=Site&search=ashey%20down%20cemetery&page=&filterOption=&facetValues=&pageId=38601&searchResultsPerPage=20.
UPDATE 10.07.20): have just found several other barrows at the same site. All-in-all there 19 barrows listed with Historic England!
Map ref's: SZ 57191 87626; SZ 57692 87734; SZ 57384 87641; SZ 57210 87700; SZ 57335 87517; SZ 57903 87779; SZ 57227 87513, amongst others! All ref's from Historic England's listings.
See videos - https://youtu.be/VDNMetj0lwI
https://youtu.be/TlH3Oibtvp4?t=7
You will also find a Medieval field system, as you will a very noticeable two-sided enclosure banks and ditches (another page). There are also two sites of Medieval settlements but these are scarcely visible.
Vittlefields Farm Bowl Barrow
Date Added: 11th May 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Vittlefields Farm Bowl Barrow submitted by cliffrich on 18th Mar 2019. Vittlefields Farm Bowl Barrow
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Chillerton Fort
Date Added: 20th May 2020
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Chillerton Fort submitted by cliffrich on 6th Jan 2020. The only surviving bank of the fort earthwork
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East Westover Down - Tennyson Trail
Date Added: 25th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes
East Westover Down - Tennyson Trail submitted by cliffrich on 25th Mar 2019. Westover Down 3
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Log Text: None
Mottistone Down
Date Added: 26th Mar 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Mottistone Down submitted by RingPaw on 8th Mar 2006. Largest barrow from gate at top of Down.
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Log Text: Sadly these four barrows have had quite a bit of damage due to past excavations, and from, what looks like, motorbike tracks through the middle of them :(. These are nice high examples and quite large in diameter. Well worth a visit!