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Brighstone Forest Enclosure / Moot
Date Added: 25th Mar 2019
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Brighstone Forest Enclosure / Moot submitted by ringpaw on 24th Feb 2008. External ditch & bank.
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Brighstone Forest 2
Date Added: 12th May 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Brighstone Forest 2 submitted by RingPaw on 11th Feb 2006. Southern barrow close to Tennyson Trail.
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Brighstone Forest 2
Date Added: 12th May 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Brighstone Forest 2 submitted by RingPaw on 11th Feb 2006. Southern barrow close to Tennyson Trail.
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Brighstone Forest 1
Date Added: 25th Mar 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Brighstone Forest 1 submitted by RingPaw on 11th Feb 2006. Large round barrow.
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Log Text: Good examples of round barrows. Quite large ones which give an imposing presence. The ambience is almost welcoming so a pleasure to walk between them :). Sadly they have been excavated in the past so un-repaired damage on the top is evident
Bowcombe Down
Date Added: 31st Dec 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 29th Dec 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 2
Bowcombe Down submitted by RingPaw on 10th Feb 2006. Views of Solent from this Barrow site.
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Log Text: Nothing really to see here. A slight rise in the ground is all to notice.
Black Barrow
Date Added: 18th Mar 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 6th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Black Barrow submitted by RingPaw on 8th Mar 2006. Black Barrow from Strawberry Lane, looking east.
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Log Text: Just got back from visiting Black Barrow. Tried going to St Catherine's barrows but the hill was shrouded in fog right down to the car park/viewing area!
Well, as RingPaw mentioned this barrow certainly has some ambience. I've put a 4 for ambience but as mentioned by RingPaw 'Good' ambience is not my preffered description. This site has an eerie and sinister feel to it - perhaps that's why it's called BLACK Barrow? It was a short walk from where I parked the car but not via a recognized footpath. The map co-ordinates using phone GPS are spot on but you'll have to search for the barrow as it is obscured by lots of young trees on the approach to it. It is a large barrow and reasonably well preserved but, as with many barrows on the Island, it had been excavated, the tell-tale dip/holes in the top give it away. I would say that it was roughly the same size as Mottistone Common barrow (not far from the Longstone).There was a trodden path through bracken over the top leading to the woods behind. Today terra-firma was well obscured by dead bracken. You can't really see it from Strawberry Lane now as it's behind tallish trees. Worth a visit to experience it though! See: https://ancientmonuments.uk/106020-bowl-barrow-known-as-black-barrow-670m-nne-of-longstone-farmhouse-brighstone#.XFrBL6DLd9O. See my page for videos.
See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007805
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.
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
Arreton Bowl Barrow II
Date Added: 18th Mar 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 7th Dec 2018
Arreton Bowl Barrow II submitted by cliffrich on 7th Dec 2018. In a field next to the chalk pit but footpaths traverse the field so appears to have public access
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Log Text: This one wasn't marked on this site so I asked the site owner to add it. This barrow is situated at the end of the chalk pit in the adjacent field, literally a few meters from the chalk pit. It is listed with Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010009.
See video - https://youtu.be/gYPKFJpOmhw
See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1010009
Afton Down
Date Added: 18th Mar 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Isle of Wight)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Afton Down submitted by RingPaw on 25th Jul 2006. Close-up of central barrows of group. On golfcourse fairway.
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Log Text: There are two sites listed elsewhere which refer to Freshwater Golf Club site, and the Afton Down site. In effect they both make up one barrow cemetery. The round/bowl barrows are mostly very well preserved and some of the best that I have seen on the Island so far. There is also a disc barrow, bell barrow, and a long-barrow. The Afton Down site is a further little walk to the East. Many of the barrows had been excavated so have the tell-tale sunken parts. The barrows themselves are part of the golf course fairways so if visiting them be aware of air-born golf balls (and of being shouted at by golfers!). Well worth a visit! If the golf course was not there I think the their would be far more ambience at the sites.
See video of the eastern end (Afton Cemetery) - https://youtu.be/XHcAYN4AqGk
See video of Freshwater Golf Club barrows - https://youtu.be/d5Or2x9aAqM.
See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007794.
See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/sitesearch?searchType=Site&search=afton%20down%20cemetery&page=&filterOption=&facetValues=&pageId=38601