car park, entrance and top lodge, looking south west
Google Earth image is
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A good view of the entrance and the U shaped earthwork. Given how boggy the path has been this year, I really feel that this was some attempt at keeping the area inside the U dry. I would guess military, but who knows.
There is some gorse here, but nothing like the amount we now have.
I think you can just spot the noticeboard.
The path outside the reserve parallel with the road is pretty clear here.
The reservoir is intact and surprisingly not central to the mound there apparently. There looks to be a clear track from the reservoir directly down to the cottages. I have not seen this on the ground.
The ground between the current lane and the boundary ditch appears to have a track across it directly from the stone pillars to the main road, with some short cuts added when approaching the road.
Also there is a line continuing the fence line behind the cottages, with a particular line of gorse bushes.
The pillow mound is clear to the right of the main path, but nothing can be see here of its existence up to the edge of the cottages. That the other end stops with reynard's way, may indicate that the way is older than the mound.
The track which goes basically from the gate into South Heath, across south heath and then OL1 and ultimately meeting the boundary ditch at the bottom of the valley is nicely seen in the photo. Interestingly this is parallel to the range firing ditches and indeed it appears to coincide with the one nearest the butt, near the roller stand.
The boundary bank at the bottom of south heath is impressive, with possible tracks and ditches on both sides.
martin
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