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These pictures were taken on a walk to Normanton Down in late November 2016. The site has a Neolithic long barrow and about 40 Bronze Age round barrows. The burials date from between 2600 and 1600 BC.

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A distant view of Stonehenge from the down. This must have been quite a sight for the people arriving from the south and seeing Stonehenge for the first time from this ridge.

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On the ridge are many of these round barrows.

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Another barrow across the fields.

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From this vantage point you realise how close the village and army camp are just to the north of the stones.

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Larkhill camp can be seen behind the trees.

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A long zoom shot of the stones.