Firle Beacon, the Glossary
Table of Contents
14 relations: Bowl barrow, Bronze Age, Cereal, England, Firle Escarpment, Hill figure, Infrared photography, List of Marilyns in the British Isles, Long barrow, Long Man of Wilmington, Neolithic, Round barrow, South Downs, Urn.
- Barrows in the United Kingdom
- Firle
- Gliding in England
- Hills of East Sussex
Bowl barrow
A bowl barrow is a type of burial mound or tumulus.
See Firle Beacon and Bowl barrow
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
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Cereal
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Firle Escarpment
Firle Escarpment is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Seaford in East Sussex. Firle Beacon and Firle Escarpment are Firle.
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Hill figure
A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology.
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Infrared photography
Top: tree photographed in the near infrared range.
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List of Marilyns in the British Isles
This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks.
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Long barrow
Long barrows are a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE, during the Early Neolithic period.
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Long Man of Wilmington
The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Round barrow
A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments.
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South Downs
The South Downs are a range of chalk hills in the south-eastern coastal counties of England that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east. Firle Beacon and south Downs are hills of East Sussex.
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Urn
An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal.
See also
Barrows in the United Kingdom
- Anglo-Saxon burial mounds
- Badshot Lea Long Barrow
- Battlegore Burial Chamber
- Belas Knap
- Brightwell Barrow
- Burnt mound in Fox Hollies Park
- Clandon Barrow
- Coldrum Long Barrow
- Duggleby Howe
- Fairy Toot
- Firle Beacon
- Flowerdown Barrows
- Gib Hill
- Goffers Knoll
- Jacket's Field Long Barrow
- Julliberrie's Grave
- King's Standing Bowl Barrow
- List of long barrows in the United Kingdom
- Long Burgh Long Barrow
- Medway Megaliths
- Obadiah's Barrow
- Rillaton Barrow
- Ringlemere barrow
- Round Loaf
- Seven Barrows
- Shrewsbury Barrow
- Stalldown Barrow
- Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
- Sunningdale Barrow
- Taplow Barrow
- Trevelgue Head
- Uley Long Barrow
- Wayland's Smithy
- Willy Howe
Firle
- Firle
- Firle Beacon
- Firle Escarpment
- Firle Hill Climb
- Firle Place
Gliding in England
- Airways Airsports
- Ann Welch
- Aston Down
- Barbara Cartland
- Booker Gliding Centre
- Bowland Forest Gliding Club
- Cambridge Gliding Centre
- Cotswold Gliding Club
- Darlton Gliding Club
- Derek Piggott
- Eilmer of Malmesbury
- Firle Beacon
- Frank Irving
- Fred Slingsby
- Geoffrey H. Stephenson
- George Lee (pilot)
- Gransden Lodge Airfield
- Great Hucklow
- Haddenham Airfield
- Imperial College Gliding Club
- Joan Meakin
- Lasham Airfield
- London Gliding Club
- MDP Wethersfield
- Naomi Heron-Maxwell
- No. 614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF
- No. 621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
- Nottingham University Gliding Club
- Oxford Gliding Club
- Paul Blanchard
- Percy Pilcher
- Philip Wills
- Robert Kronfeld
- Shenington Gliding Club
- Windrushers Gliding Club
- Yorkshire Gliding Club
Hills of East Sussex
- Cliffe Hill
- Combe Hill, East Sussex
- Crowborough
- Ditchling Beacon
- Firle Beacon
- List of hills of East Sussex
- Mount Caburn
- Newmarket Hill, Sussex
- Senlac Hill
- South Downs
- Weald
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firle_Beacon
Also known as Firle Corn.