SCALE MAP 4 Black Down + Bronkham Hill...past the abandoned homestead of Bench - film location for...
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Portesham Hill Five Acres Hill Ground Wickers Hill Eight Acres Black Down Barn Hardy Coppice Old Portesham Blackdown HELL STONE Martinstown Hill Cowleaze Blackdown Conygar Meadow Coppice Black Down Portesham Farm ROCKET QUARRY Bramden Lane Sheep Down Loscombe Portesham Hill Blagdon Lower Hogshill Conygar & Horse Plots Hogshill Mead Benecke Wood Smitten Corner Barn Piece Cowleaze Blagdon Higher Twenty Acres Higher Ground Blagdon Barn Close South Ground Furze Hill Gatecombe West Branscombe Shorne Allen’s Close Penn Great South Ground Stran & Roadway Folly Mead Stonken Drives Roadway South Town Field Southdown Field Combe Bottom Grove Hill Bottom Home Varnington Varnington Eweleaze West Carrants Middle Eweleaze Ridge Road Carrants Ridge Coryats Mead East Mead Kayses Mead East Mead Little Mead Waddon Field The Cowleaze Dairy House Mead Orchard Cowleaze Cowleaze Great Mead West Cowleaze Kennel Cowleaze Twelve Acres Eweleaze Higher Smeden Lower Smeden The Furze Stall Piece Bench Piece Ridge Thirty Acres Lower Waddon Field South Field Waddon Hill The Eweleaze Branscombe Branscombe Plain Small Down Ryelands Nutt Close Little Hill Rudge Smeden Higher Waddon Field Middle Waddon Field Higher Field Quarry Field New Ground Eight Acres Mead Marsh Mead Bramdon Lane Mead Green Lane Mead Little Hewish Common Close Post Mead Bronkham Hill Great Hill Corton Down Corton Hill Friar Waddon Hill Shorn Hill Ridge Bottom Waddon Farm Corton Farm Bench Goldcombe Farm Blagdon Farm East Rew Farm Ballarat Farm Eweleaze Dairy Pen Barn Farm HELL BOTTOM QUARRY HARDY MONUMENT l Abbotsbury Road Field Rocket l BLACK DOWN CAR PARK Simplified cross section through a typical Ridgeway round barrow These burial mounds were in use from around 4000 years ago during the late Neolithic to middle Bronze Age period. Designs and construction methods varied, but typically an initial burial was covered by a mound of material from the surrounding area. The mound was later used for subsequent burials or cremations in pottery urns. The original chalk covering would have stood out gleaming white against the surrounding landscape. CHALK ––––––––––––––––– –––––– PRESENT DAY TURF SURFACE –––––––––– SOIL –––––––––– CHALK RUBBLE ––––––––––––––––––––– MOUND OF FLINTS LATER CREMATIONS IN URNS PRIMARY BURIAL –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– LEGEND Round barrow Limekiln Parish boundary GRAVEL Deposited approximately 42 million years ago CHALK Formed approximately 90 - 100 million years ago PURBECK LIMESTONE Formed approximately 140 - 145 million years ago PORTLAND LIMESTONE Formed approximately 145 - 148 million years ago KIMMERIDGE CLAY Formed approximately 148 - 157 million years ago The colours on this map approximately indicate the type and age of the rock below ground - look out for features or changes in the landscape Walk route Public footpath or bridleway Quarry or Pit Woodland or Coppice SCALE 0.25 mile Suggested start: Black Down Car Park l Walk Distances: Black Down loop: 3km / under 2 miles Black Down - Hardy Monument loop: 5km / 3 miles Bronkham Hill: 8.5km / 5 miles Options for short and longer routes exploring the open access area of Black Down, where acidic river gravels top the chalk leading to the distinctive heathland habitat. Enjoy dramatic views from the Hardy Monument (Nelson’s Flag Captain at Trafalgar) - the highest point of the Ridgeway. Or take a longer walk along the ridge of Bronkham Hill (noting the ancient upright limestone slab walling) and through one of the South Dorset Ridgeway’s largest Bronze Age round barrow cemeteries and past numerous sinkholes. In spring/summer listen out for skylarks as you go. Turn off the Ridgeway and head downhill and back along the dry valley known as Hell Bottom, past the abandoned homestead of Bench - film location for scenes in the 1967 version of Far from the Madding Crowd - up to Smitten Corner and back to the car park. Further information: www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk MAP 4 Black Down + Bronkham Hill Long Barrow Field names The field names on this map are taken from Tithe maps and manuscripts that were produced following the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. These recorded the names of all owners and occupiers of land in the parish that were liable to tithes - a tax of one tenth of everything they produced. Hell Bottom Higher Corton Small Down
Transcript of SCALE MAP 4 Black Down + Bronkham Hill...past the abandoned homestead of Bench - film location for...
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H i l l
FiveAcres
HillGround
Wickers Hill
EightAcres
Black DownBarn
Hardy Coppice
OldPortesham
Blackdown
HELLSTONE
Martinstow
n Hill
Cowleaze
Blackdown
ConygarMeadowCoppice
B l a c k Do w n
PorteshamFarm
ROCKETQUARRY
Bramden Lane
Sheep Down Loscombe
Portesham Hill
BlagdonLowerHogshill
Conygar & Horse Plots
HogshillMead
Benecke Wood
SmittenCorner
Barn Piece
Cowleaze
Blagdon
Higher TwentyAcres
HigherGround
Blagdon
BarnClose
SouthGround
Furze HillGatecombe
WestBranscombe
Shorne
Allen’sClose
Penn
Great South Ground
Stran &Roadway
Folly Mead
Stonken
DrivesRoadway
South Town Field
Southdown Field
Combe Bot
tomGrove Hill Bottom
HomeVarnington
VarningtonEweleaze
West CarrantsMiddle Eweleaze
Ridge Road
Carrants Ridge
CoryatsMead
East Mead
Kayses Mead
East Mead
Little Mead
Waddon
Field
The
Cowleaze
Dairy House MeadOrchard
Cowleaze
Cowleaze
Great Mead
WestCowleaze
KennelCowleaze
TwelveAcres
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HigherSmeden
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Stall PieceBenchPiece
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WaddonHill The
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Waddon Farm
CortonFarm
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BlagdonFarm
East RewFarm
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Simplified cross section through atypical Ridgeway round barrowThese burial mounds were in use from around4000 years ago during the late Neolithic tomiddle Bronze Age period. Designs andconstruction methods varied, but typically aninitial burial was covered by a mound ofmaterial from the surrounding area. Themound was later used for subsequent burialsor cremations in pottery urns. The originalchalk covering would have stood out gleamingwhite against the surrounding landscape.
CHALK
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LEGENDRound barrow
Limekiln
Parish boundary
GRAVELDeposited approximately 42 million years agoCHALKFormed approximately 90 - 100 million years ago PURBECK LIMESTONE Formed approximately 140 - 145 million years ago PORTLAND LIMESTONE Formed approximately 145 - 148 million years agoKIMMERIDGE CLAYFormed approximately 148 - 157 million years ago
The colours on this map approximately indicate the typeand age of the rock below ground - look out for featuresor changes in the landscape
Walk route
Public footpath or bridleway
Quarryor Pit
Woodlandor Coppice
SCALE0.25 mile
Suggested start: Black Down Car Park lWalk Distances:Black Down loop: 3km / under 2miles Black Down - Hardy Monument loop:5km / 3 miles Bronkham Hill: 8.5km / 5 miles Options for short and longer routesexploring the open access area of BlackDown, where acidic river gravels top thechalk leading to the distinctive heathlandhabitat. Enjoy dramatic views from theHardy Monument (Nelson’s Flag Captain atTrafalgar) - the highest point of theRidgeway. Or take a longer walk along theridge of Bronkham Hill (noting the ancientupright limestone slab walling) and throughone of the South Dorset Ridgeway’s largestBronze Age round barrow cemeteries andpast numerous sinkholes. In spring/summerlisten out for skylarks as you go. Turn offthe Ridgeway and head downhill and backalong the dry valley known as Hell Bottom,past the abandoned homestead of Bench -film location for scenes in the 1967 versionof Far from the Madding Crowd - up toSmitten Corner and back to the car park.Further information:www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk
MAP 4Black Down
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Long Barrow
Field names The field names on this map are taken fromTithe maps and manuscripts that wereproduced following the 1836 TitheCommutation Act. These recorded the namesof all owners and occupiers of land in theparish that were liable to tithes - a tax of onetenth of everything they produced.
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MAP 1: Abbotsbury Castle HillfortFeatures on this walk include: Iron Age hillfort,Bronze Age barrows, holloway, Upper Greensandand Abbotsbury Ironstone exposures and ChesilBeach. Start: Abbotsbury village
MAP 2: Hell Stone + Rocket QuarryFeatures on this walk include: Rocket Quarry,remains of Hell Stone long barrow, Hamptonstone circle, Upper Greensand and AbbotsburyIronstone exposures, holloway.Start: Portesham village
MAP 3: Valley of StonesFeatures on this walk include: Grey Mare and herColts long barrow, Kingston stone circle, Bridevalley, bluebells and butterflies, Celtic fieldsystems and sarsen boulder train.Start: Littlebredy
MAP 4: Black Down + Bronkham HillFeatures on this walk include: Hardy Monument -the highest point of the Ridgeway withspectacular view, heathland, gravel pit, bluebellsand bilberries, Bronze Age barrow cemetery,sinkholes, skylarks, ancient stone slab walling, dryvalley. Start: Black Down car park
MAP 5: Bincombe BumpsFeatures on this walk include: Bronze Age roundbarrows, strip lynchets and butterflies. Much ofthis route is along a traffic free cycle path. Start:Littlemoor library
MAP 6: White Horse HillFeatures on this walk include: Osmington WhiteHorse, barrows, butterflies, strip lynchets, droveroad and historic villages.Start: Either Sutton Poyntz or Osmington
Further information:www.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk
Artwork by Amanda Wallwork© Amanda Wallwork and Dorset AONBThis map and accompanying guide have beenproduced by Dorset based artist Amanda Wallwork.Amanda was commissioned to undertake this work bythe South Dorset Ridgeway Landscape PartnershipScheme. This Scheme is led by the Dorset Area ofOutstanding Natural Beauty (Dorset AONB) and issupported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Arts CouncilEngland has supported the engagement of artists inthis project.The Dorset AONB is one of a family of protectedlandscapes in the UK, working to conserve andenhance the natural beauty of these speciallandscapes.
Mapping Data:Ordnance Survey© Crown copyright and database rights 2015Ordnance Survey 100019790.British Geological SurveyDerived from 1:50,000 scale BGS Digital Data underlicence 2003/102, British Geological Survey © NERC
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This map is one in a series of sixshowing suggested walking routesexploring the remarkablelandscape of the South DorsetRidgeway. These maps andaccompanying Field Guide aim tohelp you better understand thisfascinating ancient landscape.
For further wayfaring informationplease refer to OS map OL15 andwww.southdorsetridgeway.org.uk
MAPS IN THE SERIESMAP 1: Abbotsbury Castle HillfortMAP 2: Hell Stone + Rocket QuarryMAP 3: Valley of StonesMAP 4: Black Down + Bronkham HillMAP 5: Bincombe Bumps
MAP 6: White Horse Hill
MAP 4Black Down+ Bronkham
HillSouth Dorset Ridgewaycircular walk route
