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Windover Hill Flint Mines
Date Added: 28th Sep 2012
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Access 2
Windover Hill Flint Mines submitted by jonm on 28th Sep 2012. 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
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Log Text: These structures are thought to be flint mines. Curiously, the miners opted to dig large bowl shapes into the rock rather than opt for seam trenches: Given that the first layers of chalk are typically weathered, this choice of mining technique would have resulted in a yield of approximately 10% of that which could have been obtained, for the same effort, by shallow seam trenching.
Curiously, flints have clearly been left in situ in the surrounding man made structures (rabbit digs produce a large quantity of flint in those bowl tumuli affected). Flint is available locally in vast quantities at the local beaches, and particularly below the cliffs.
Wilmington Hill Tumulus
Date Added: 28th Sep 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Wilmington Hill Tumulus submitted by jonm on 28th Sep 2012. View from rear near top
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Log Text: Barrow, possibly flat topped but seems to have a curve
Windover Hill
Date Added: 28th Sep 2012
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Windover Hill Flint Mines submitted by jonm on 28th Sep 2012. 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
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Log Text: These are two barrows sited at the top of Windover Hill. Excellent views over southern England (east Sussex and Kent) to the North Downs
Folkington Hill
Date Added: 29th Jul 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Would like to visit
Pen y Fan Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2015
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Would like to visit
Pen y Fan Cairn submitted by cerrig on 3rd Jan 2011. Looking towards Corn Du across the Western cliff faces of the central beacons. Llyn Cwm Llwch glacial lake in the valley below.
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Cradle Hill Tumulus
Date Added: 16th Nov 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cradle Hill Tumulus submitted by jonm on 16th Nov 2012. View from ridge to north east of bowl. Photographed to illustrate the particular/special location of the tumulus (compare to equivalent shot from tumulus)
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Cradle Hill Tumulus
Date Added: 16th Nov 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cradle Hill Tumulus submitted by jonm on 16th Nov 2012. View from ridge to north east of bowl. Photographed to illustrate the particular/special location of the tumulus (compare to equivalent shot from tumulus)
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