Archive for the tag 'Woodhenge'
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About, Science & Nature
Sunday Saunter
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2021
Filed under Anecdotes
Sparkle & Shine
Stepping out from my doorstep this afternoon I had a lovely five mile walk (sorry no photos). It was a little chilly but that didn’t stop me from ’sitting and resting a while’ on one of my favourite benches watching the ducks and geese up to their antics.
I wasn’t entirely alone. Nearby was a fisherman [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2020
Filed under Anecdotes
Leegomery Pools & Beyond
My afternoon walk took my to Leegomery Pools. The goslings have grown such a lot that I almost didn’t spot them. After my circuit of the pool I decided to walk back on a route that I had explored last year.
Walking on this pathway home I noticed another pathway going off in a different direction, [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2020
Filed under Holidays, Salisbury 2014, Science & Nature
A Scattering of Sheep
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
Woodhenge
Woodhenge was built in about 2500 BC and revealed by aerial photographs taken in 1925 to be a leveled henge.
The bank and internal ditch enclose a circular area about 50m (160ft) in diameter with a single entrance facing north-east. Shortly after its discovery the site was excavated by Maud Cunnington Her work revealed that within [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2014
