266_7+ Albury New Church The parish church was built in 1842 by McIntosh Brooks based upon a romanesque building in Normandy. Although a recent site it is remarkably accurate in alignment and orientation as can be seen in the plan below. Could the builders have known this when choosing the site? Or could it be…
Author: mikepeer
Chilworth Moat added to DEERLEAP LINE
266_10.5 Chilworth Moat An internet search reveals little information on this site. From memory I recall a trial excavation being carried out some years ago which revealed very little of interest. This site sits in a scrubby meadow just to the north of Chilworth village. Although it is private land it appears to be well…
To be added to Newlands Corner Barrow on the NEWLANDS LINE
Newlands Corner is a well known beauty spot sitting on the chalk ridge of the North Downs to the south east of Guildford. it enjoyed a brief moment of international fame when the author Agatha Christie disappeared and her car was found abandoned here in 1926. She later turned up in Harrogate having suffered a…
Sherbourne Stone Circle added under ST CATHERINE’S LINE
This circle was mentioned in “The History and Antiquities of Surrey’ by Manning and Bray, 1809 volume 2 page 123 as follows ‘In the field are five stones, three together, the other two a small distance apart. Largest of the three is 10 foot long, 5’8″ wide and four foot four inches out of the…
Hillbury Fort added under CROOKSBURY LINE
Puttenham is a very special place for me with fond childhood memories of weekend visits to my father’s family home in the high street. It is a pretty village, linear with the church at the east end, lying at the foot of the south slope of the Hogs Back, now favoured by commuters enjoying the…
Added to Whitmoor Barrow under CROOKSBURY LINE
This is a couple of paragraphs added to the page of WHITMOOR BARROW on the CROOKSBURY LINE. Barrows were often constructed so that from the valley below they stood out on the skyline, but when one approaches it becomes apparent that the mound is not on the highest point, it is fairly unusual to find…
Added to Wanborough Church under CROOKSBURY LINE
On my last visit to Wanborough Church I noticed these strange carvings in the stonework of the north west corner. The recumbent stone can be seen on the ground beyond. They did not look modern and closer examination reveals other straight scratch marks to the left of the holes. Maybe of no significance but intriguing…
Early conclusions
It is too soon to come to solid conclusions, there is still so much research remaining to be carried out, but I feel that something should be put down to sum up my current thoughts. Briefly, there are too many examples of alignment; angular significance; occurrences of a defined measure of distance; and the predicted…
Badshot Lea Long Barrow
5/11/2014 The SEALE LINE at 270.5 degrees begins near Shere Church and passes close to Chilworth Priory. The true alignment begins at Shalford Church, which is on two other alignments, and passes through Puttenham Church and on to Seale Church. The line terminates at Badshot Lea Long Barrow which is marked on the Ordnance Survey…
DEERLEAP LINE
Whilst looking at the work of ley researcher Michael Behrend I noted a reference to a long distance ley. Although I am not a fan of such alignments, having found them to be inaccurate at best, but this one mentioned passing through my area of interest taking in Hillbury Hillfort, Compton Church and Deerleap Barrow…