- Figures
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- University College London
- pp. xviii-xxv
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1.1The location of the Pebblebed heathlands
1.2View west to the Haldon Hills and Dartmoor
1.4High Peak from the heathlands
1.5aGravels of the East Hill ridge
1.5bThe pebbles of the Pebblebeds
1.6The red cliffs at Budleigh Salterton with the Pebblebed exposure
1.7The course of the Triassic river across southern England
1.8The yellow band running through the cliffs at the top of the Pebblebeds
1.9The distribution of flint finds on the heathlands and in their vicinity
1.10The distribution of Bronze Age pebble cairns
1.11Examples of large heathland cairns
1.12The western scarp of the heathlands
1.13Cairn intervisibility across the heathlands
1.14Low tide in the Exe estuary
1.15Sunrise and sunset seen from the heathlands
2.2Carter in India as Municipal Commissioner
2.3aOne of the large chert stones from the east of the river Otter
2.4Carter’s map of cairn locations on Woodbury Common
2.5Carter’s excavation team at work
2.6Carter’s three daughters excavating on Aylesbeare Common
2.8Carter’s watercolour plan of Woodbury P
2.9Carter’s sketch of the cairn in Jubilee Park, Budleigh Salterton
2.10Carter’s plan of the Longo Lines
2.11Carter’s sketch of mounds in the vicinity of Woodbury ε
2.13Carter’s photograph of one of his ‘twin altars’ at Squabmoor
2.14Carter’s plan and cross-section of his cairn ‘Milestone 9’
2.15Carter’s 1932 photograph of cairn QL
2.16Carter’s geometric plan of Woodbury Z
2.17Carter’s plan and analysis of Sheeplays 271
2.18Carter’s geometric analysis of barrows in the Broad Down (Farway) cemetery
2.19Carter’s geometric analysis of Stonehenge I
2.20Carter’s analysis of the Soldier’s Ring, Wiltshire
2.21Carter’s published plan of the cairn QL
3.2Carter’s section through Woodbury ε
3.3The comb-decorated Beaker sherds and arrowhead found in Woodbury ε
3.4The distribution of pebble cairns on Colaton Raleigh Common
3.5Tor Cairn and Little Tor Cairn: excavated area
3.6Examples of ‘special’ pebbles and a blue stone
3.7Tor Cairn: sections and their locations
3.8Tor Cairn: simplified scheme of layers and contexts
3.10The distribution of blue stones in Tor Cairn
3.11Tor Cairn: plan showing burnt areas and central pit
3.12The top of the pebble-filled pit
3.14Tor Cairn: the distribution of artefacts and other finds
3.15Tor Cairn: the flaked pebble from the centre
3.16The largest pebble in Tor Cairn
3.17Tor Cairn: pebble flake from central pit
3.19Tor Cairn: the contents of the pebble-filled pit
3.20Little Tor Cairn: excavation quadrants
3.21North–south section through Little Tor Cairn
3.22Twin Cairn A and Twin Cairn B prior to excavation
3.23Twin Cairn A: excavated areas
3.24Twin Cairn A: section drawings
4.1The location of the pebble sampling locations from the natural
4.2Examples of excavated natural test samples
4.3The relative frequencies of pebbles according to length
4.4The relative frequencies of the pebbles according to weight
4.5The relative frequencies of the pebbles according to shape
4.6The relative frequencies of the pebbles according to colour
4.7Examples of observed and expected frequencies in chi-square tests for shape, weight and length
5.1Painted pebbles from the 1970s
5.4Examples of blue stones from Tor Cairn
5.5Schematic diagram of categories of ‘special’ pebbles
5.7Special pebble from Little Tor Cairn
5.8Special pebble from Tor Cairn
5.9Special pebble from Little Tor Cairn
5.10Special pebble from Twin Cairn A
5.11Special pebble from Twin Cairn A
5.12Special pebble from Twin Cairn A
6.1The location of Jacob’s Well
6.2Carter’s watercolour plan of Jacob’s Well
6.3Carter’s section drawing of Jacob’s Well
6.4Plan of Carter’s trench through Jacob’s Well
6.5Carter’s photo of the trench through the burnt mound
6.6The flaked ‘idol’ or magic stone found by Carter
6.8The four oak stakes recovered by Carter
6.9Carter’s reconstruction diagram of the wooden shrine
6.10Sketch plan of Jacob’s Well and its surroundings
6.14Sample of washed fire-cracked and crushed pebbles
6.15Aylesbeare platform 1 during excavation
6.18Aylesbeare Common summit area
6.19The trapezoidal platform with horns
6.22The locations of the Aylesbeare platforms
6.23Plan of the trapezoidal platform
6.24Sections through the three platforms
6.25Plan of the double-axe platform
6.26Plan of the ox-hide platform
6.27Double axes and images of objects with horns
6.28Pendants with horns from middle and eastern Europe
6.29The double axe from Mount Howe, Topsham
6.30Mount Howe on the Exe estuary
6.31Conceptual model of the Pebblebed landscape
8.1Simplified geological map with the environmental sampling locations
8.2Aerial photograph of the Pebblebeds landscape
8.3Percentage pollen diagram from Jacob’s Well
8.5Pebblebeds heath and light woodland
9.2The ramparts of Woodbury Castle
9.3Woodbury Castle: section through the inner rampart
9.4Section through the cross-ridge dyke
9.5The Colaton Raleigh enclosure
9.6The location of the Colaton Raleigh enclosure in relation to the pebble cairns
9.7East Devon hillforts: locations and intervisibility
9.8Sketch of the topographic locations of the hillforts
9.9Hawkesdown Hill from the east
9.10The shape of the East Devon hillforts
9.12Looking across Blackbury Castle
9.13Looking south across Cadbury Castle
9.14The entrance to Sidbury Castle
9.15Dumpdon: view out from entrance
9.16Complex hillfort entrances
9.17The massive Hembury ramparts
9.18The structure at Blackbury Castle
10.1The location of landscaping mounds
10.3Massive landscaping mound adjacent to the B3180 road
10.4The northwest mound at Four Firs
10.5Section through the northeast mound at Four Firs
10.6Landscaping mound to the south of the Woodbury to Yettington road
10.7Stukeley’s drawing of Bush Barrow
10.8Colt Hoare’s illustration of Hackpen Barrow
10.10The possible Seven Stones in Bicton Gardens
10.11Part of the ha-ha at Bicton
10.12View from the orangery to the obelisk at Bicton
11.1Location map of Aylesbeare Common with survey area
11.2GPS survey map of Aylesbeare Common survey area
11.3The rectangular structure exposed in the scrape
11.4The circular structures exposed in the scrape
11.5Part of Carter’s annotated 1906 Ordnance Survey map
11.6Carter’s photograph of ‘Simcoe’s tent structure’
11.7Carter’s photograph of Simcoe’s tent showing detail of ditch
11.8Hutchinson’s 1861 sketch map of the ‘Soldiers’ pits’
11.9Plan of the excavated sites and sections
11.10Circular ditches A and B: profiles
11.15Profile of the bog barrow showing Carter’s trench
11.16Section of the bog barrow
11.17Part of a pit from Carter’s section
11.18The pebble rectangular structure fully exposed
11.19Plan of the rectangular structure
11.20Sketch plan of the rhomboid pavement and path
11.21Photograph of the rhomboid pavement and path
11.22The circular structures marked with flags
11.24Profile of ditch and bank of the northern circle
12.1Hardy’s sketch map of Egdon Heath
13.1Pebble quarries on the heathlands
13.2aThe pebble path John Long built at Lympstone
13.2bThe pebble floor in the ‘Bear Hut’
13.2cAylesbeare village hall: entrance lobby with a pebble ‘mat’ in a diamond design
13.2dPebble wall, Saltings, Budleigh Salterton
13.3aBudleigh Salterton seafront: drainage guttering
13.3bPebble barn with brick quoins
13.3cNew pebble decorative wall in East Budleigh
13.3dPebble wall with arches and doorways
13.4aPebble path, Quay area, Lympstone
13.4bDecorative path, Station Road, Newton Poppleford
13.4cSt Gregory’s church wall, Newton Poppleford
13.5aTypical Topsham pebble path
13.5bDecorative pebble path in front garden at Topsham
13.5cGilbrook estate, Woodbury: new pebble boundary wall
13.5dWoodbury: pebble wall with limestone topping
14.1Black Hill quarry in the 1960s
14.2Black Hill quarry in July 2010
14.3Marks on the landscape created by trench digging
14.4The distribution of modern mounds
14.5Results of a heathland wildfire
