Ipsden is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire, about 3 miles southeast of Wallingford. It is almost equidistant from Oxford and Reading, Berkshire. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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1. StonehengeAmesbury 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... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2. Avebury Stone CircleAvebury 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... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ipsden Videos
Mr Bean's Space Age House Oxfordshire (Rowan Atkinson)
Prize winning design by Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP with Berman Guedes Stretton RIBA has won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Built on the site of 1930s Handsmooth House near Well Place, Ipsden. The original house was a large but rather run-down building that might have been the setting for an Agatha Christie novel. At the time of videoing the house appears externally complete but is unoccupied. Access is via Urquhart Lane which is an unadopted bridleway. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier designed the new house.
The 30ft (9m) high building is described as split into two futuristic wings connected by a transparent Star Trek-style walkway.
After living so many years in a miserable bed-sit who can blame Mr Bean for wanting something more luxurious!!!