Monday, 28 December 2020

Cheriton Battlefield Winter Walk

Parliamentarian Lines on East Down

View toward Royalist Right Flank

Hinton Lane looking South

Hinton Lane looking North
Broad Lane looking South

Broad Lane looking North

Cheriton Wood

Alresford Lane looking South

View toward Parliamentarian Lines

The Battlefield

Monument on Royalist Left

Monument Inscription

The Battlefield Layout

The Royalist Lines from the Parliamentarian position on East Down

Alresford Lane looking North

We took a circular walk around the battlefield at Cheriton today, which is about fifteen minutes down the road from where we live, in what turned out to be terrible weather complete with rain, sleet and snow. It was a very enjoyable walk nonetheless, even though we got soaked and the dog cut his ear on brambles then electrocuted himself on a fence (he's called Jeff but now goes by the name Sparky). Anyway, here's some photos of the battlefield taken in the half light between sleet and rain showers. It would have been great to finish up by the fire in the local pub, which is owned by a friend of ours, but it's shut due to the pandemic, so we made do with a drive home in a singed wet dog smelling car.
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10 comments:

  1. Peter Douglas28 December 2020 at 16:36

    Nice photos a Jim. I driven past Cheriton with my Dad many times but ever visited the battlefield.

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    1. Jim Jackaman30 December 2020 at 12:35

      It's a lovely walking a bit muddy this time of year!

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  2. alastair28 December 2020 at 20:49

    Poor Sparky!! Great photos of the battlefield though.

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  3. Elenderil29 December 2020 at 11:42

    I have been there a couple of times once with the Sealed Knot as a reenactor. I have to say that it is an exceptionally well preserved site and walking the ground does give a real feel for the action and ties in well with the period accounta.

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    1. Jim Jackaman1 January 2021 at 14:21

      It does indeed, speaking as an ex-Knotter myself (Charles Gerard's pike) :O)

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  4. A J29 December 2020 at 20:26

    Very atmospheric photos. I can picture the soldiers marching down those lanes. Poor little singed doggy.

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  5. Jason30 December 2020 at 00:42

    That is a terrific walk - I did it in Feb of last year. Very atmospheric. I started of from Hinton Ampner House and down from the Parliament side. Great to see the photos.

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  6. Jim Jackaman1 January 2021 at 14:22

    That's a great way to walk it and you get a real feel for the lie of the land that way round.

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