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Ruin Attractions In Coultershaw Bridge

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Coultershaw Beam Pump

Hever Castle & Gardens

Hawk Conservancy Trust

Drusillas Park

Stonehenge

Blenheim Palace

Avebury Stone Circle

Coultershaw Bridge is a rural community situated 1.5 mi south of the town Petworth in West Sussex, England where the A285 road from Petworth to Chichester crosses the River Rother. Between 1792 and 1888, there were also wharves and a lock at Coultershaw on the Rother Navigation. Until the 1970s, a water mill stood on the river housing a beam engine which was originally installed in 1782 by the 3rd Earl of Egremont to pump water from the river to Petworth and his home at Petworth House. Following the demolition of the mill, the Coultershaw Beam Pump was restored to working order and is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument, which is open to the public on sum...
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Ruin Attractions In Coultershaw Bridge

1. Stonehenge Amesbury
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet high, 7 feet wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stoneheng...
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2. Avebury Stone Circle Avebury
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. Constructed over several hundred years in the Third Millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape con...
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Coultershaw Beam Pump Petworth 2011

A short video taken on Sunday 17th July 2011 showing Coultershaw Beam Pump in Petworth, West Sussex. This waterwheel-driven three-throw beam pump, now open to the public, was installed in 1782 to pump water from the River Rother up to Petworth 1½ miles away and 150ft higher. It has been restored by the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society with the aid of grants from the Department of the Environment and West Sussex County Council. The machinery has been put in working order and a 100 year old barn from Goodwood erected over it to act as a reception and display centre. For more information on this fascinating place, please visit the following:

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