As Carl says, there’s not a great deal to see here as the interior of the fort has been used for farming for centuries and any trace of earthworks at the Northern end near the pub have all but disappeared. No other earthworks were necessary as when this fort first came into being it would have been surrounded on three sides by either the sea or the flood plains of the River Arun. Indeed the Arun and one of it’s tributaries still surround it. Later on it was a Saxon Burh and now just adjoined to a quaint little Sussex village, though worthy of being bombed by the Luftwaffe in WW2 apparently.
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Panorama from the road South of the fort. Proper pretty.
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Closer view of the fort which would have looked more like a peninsula originally as most of this would have been under the sea 2000+ years ago.
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The moon over Arundel Castle about a kilometre away.
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The interior of the fort....not much going on here.
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View from the most Southerly barrow
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Disc barrow or flattened bowl barrow? And if so, is it Aldbourne 5 or 6 (which I believe had the most interesting grave goods)?
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Adam’s Grave (and BA barrow in foreground right) from near the car park
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Adam’s grave and The Vale of Pewsey from Knap Hill
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If Camelot was built here within the fort then this would seem to be an apt spot on the Western side.
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Hopefully King Arthur will come to England’s aid this evening, but if he can’t here’s a handy exit on the South Western corner.
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Entrance/exit on the North East corner
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The stunning initial view as you come from the footbridge (from the churchyard). These tumuli are colossal! Almost as if the Romans said, “Hey folks, we’ll show you how it should be done”.
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The highest barrow at about 15m with it’s convenient wooden staircase.
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The view down on the lower barrows which are barely discernible, possibly due to centuries of ploughing.
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A pit in the top of the highest barrow seems to be a legacy of the top down excavation/plundering of the 1830s.
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The most Northerly of the large barrows is just behind the footbridge over the disused railway line. It’s badly overgrown, neglected and in need of attention, but sadly it’s on private land.
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Looking South over the fort from the remains of the Norman motte with the beautiful Quidhampton Woods to the left.
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The view down the Eastern Valley with some of the Southern earthworks in the foreground.
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All that remains of the slightly quarried Norman motte at the end of the promontory.
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An unspecified rectangular earthwork just inside the most Southerly rampart.
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One of three barrows scattered through the woods.
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If you like your sites well hidden and slightly underwhelming then this is the site for you. It’s like nobody really cares.
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I must have walked past this exceedingly fine barrow many times without noticing it. It’s just North off the footpath about 200m before you get to Barkhale Causewayed Enclosure if you’re travelling E to W.
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View from the interior across Loch Shin towards Lairg. Quite a prospect and intervisible with Ferry Wood Broch too.
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Panorama showing the back of the tower. The wall gap to the left may have been a staircase to the next level.
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Panorama showing the entrance/exit, interior and gaps between the inner and outer dry stone walls.
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Last of the big stones of what must have been a ‘broch with a view’.
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The ‘facade’ halfway along the cairn and the cist behind it.
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