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  Barbury Castle Horse Trials : History of Barbury
The Barbury Castle gallops were used by Bob Turnell and Victor Dartnall and are today used by a number of local trainers, including Peter Makin, Jim Old, Jeff King and Con Horgan.
In 1962, the first Barbury Castle racecourse was turned to arable land due to the pressures on agricultural production.
Barbury Castle refers not to bricks and mortar but to the set of ancient earthworks comprising an Iron Age hill fort, covering about 12 acres, adjacent round barrows, Celtic field systems and 18th-19th Century flint workings.
www.barburyhorsetrials.co.uk /history.htm   (457 words)

  
  BBC - Wiltshire - Moonraking
High above Swindon, and overlooking the modern metropolis is one of Wiltshire's Iron Age forts, Barbury Castle.
The significance of Barbury in England's history is reflected by its dominant position, high above the Thames valley.
Archaeological investigations at Barbury have revealed evidence of a number of buildings, indicating a village or military garrison.
www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/moonraking/landscape_barbury.shtml   (238 words)

  
 Barbury Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Wiltshire, England.
It is situated on Barbury Hill, a local vantage point, which, under ideal weather conditions, commands a view across to the Cotswolds and the River Severn.
Barbury Castle is about five miles south of Swindon and the M4, on the northern edge of the Marlborough Downs within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbury_Castle   (295 words)

  
 Barbury Castle
Barbury dominates this bend, and the valleys below.
Cynric was joined at Barbury by Cæwlin (after the fighting was over), bringing forces from the West Saxons.
It was here, at Barbury, that the foundation was laid for the Wessex of Kenwulf, Ine, Alfred and Athelstan.
www.strum.co.uk /wessex/barbury.htm   (540 words)

  
 UFOS at close sight: the Barbury Castle crop circle, a non-conventionnal study
A fascinating circle, the Barbury Castle formation, was an equilateral triangle, 177 feet on each side with a 75-foot diameter circle at each corner.
Most interesting is the fact that there was a direct symbolic link between the circles at the corners of this triangle and the lower circles on the Tree of Life of the Qabala, these circles representing the activating agents through which the Divine becomes Manifest in the relationships which permeate all living things and objects.
The Barbury Castle configuration can be seen, then, as a symbolic figure of the Divine order that exists at the interface between one level of matter and another.
ufologie.net /htm/croppt.htm   (1804 words)

  
 Barbury Castle Crop Circle
Perhaps the most intriguing crop circle yet made was in England near Barbury Castle during 1991.
The central triangle in the Barbury Castle crop circle aligned with sites identified by the Kennewick and Herkimer crop circles points out the most seismically active areas and highest peaks on the planet:
Considered as a module pointing to topography and seismic activity in-hand with geometric theorems deciphered by Gerald Hawkins, the Barbury Castle crop circle is a treasury of planetary science.
www.timestar.org /barbury.htm   (1353 words)

  
 Liddington Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liddington Castle is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age hill fort in the English county of Wiltshire.
Liddington Castle was the favourite haunt of local writer of natural history and rural life, Richard Jefferies, who spent much of his spare time walking through the wide chalk expanses of the Marlborough Downs.
Unlike the neighbouring castles of Uffington and Barbury, Liddington Castle is relatively unvisited in spite of being a clearly visible landmark to the millions who pass along the M4 motorway south of Swindon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liddington_Castle   (452 words)

  
 Tara's Trails - Short walks with your dog - Barbury Castle
The walk starts from Barbury Castle Country Park which lies about 5 miles south of Swindon and is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty.
Barbury Castle Country Park lies south-west of Chiseldon.
At the end of the track turn right at the sign post to "Barbury Castle via Burderop Down" and follow the Millennium Bridleway up the hill and then bearing left.
www.tarastrails.co.uk /barburycastle.htm   (499 words)

  
 Barbury Castle
Barbury Castle is not really a castle as such - rather, it is the remains of an Iron Age hill fort on top of Barbury Hill in Wiltshire.
The Castle lies just off the Ridgeway and the area was first occupied some 2500 years ago.
The castle itself was built in the 6th century BC by the Celts as a refuge against warring tribes.
www.marts100.com /Photo_Pages/barbury.htm   (141 words)

  
 Barbury Castle Horse Trials : Spectator Information
The Maybach Barbury Castle Horse Trials’ own range of limited edition polo shirts is available for purchase throughout the year.
Neither Barbury Castle Horse Trials, the Organisers, (or any agent, employee or representative thereof) accepts any liability for any accident, loss, damage, injury, illness to horses, owners, riders, grooms, spectators, dogs, exhibitors, land, cars, their contents and accessories, or any other person or property.
The Organisers reserve the right to refuse admission to Barbury Castle Horse Trials to any persons or to withdraw permission at any time to remain on the site and shall not be required to give any reason for such action.
www.barburycastle.co.uk /spectators.htm   (778 words)

  
 CROP CIRCLES-KRSANNA DURAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Although geographically distant from Teotihuacan, the Barbury Castle crop circle's formation near the solar observatory at Stonehenge signified the source of change.
The Barbury Castle crop circle prepared the canvas for painting the larger picture with its tetrahedron projected through the Earth at points specified with the Kennewick and Herkimer formations.
As the Barbury Castle crop circle demonstrated, projecting a tetrahedron with four points through the Earth identifies key events in planetary time-space.
www.eskimo.com /~carjula/timestar.htm/allcropc.htm   (4277 words)

  
 Ridgeway and Barbury Castle Endurance Ride - from EnduranceGB
The Barbury Castle Estate is not yet in a position to discuss any possible revised date for this year - please check this website, as any information regarding this will be posted here in the first instance.
It is with much regret that this years Ridgeway Barbury Castle ride has had to be cancelled - a decision which has not been taken lightly, but has been made at the request of the Barbury Castle Estate, and with the full support of Endurance GB.
The Barbury Castle Estate was one of only eight Estates in Wiltshire affected by the 2001 outbreak causing the loss of all stock.
www.ridgeway.endurancegb.co.uk   (410 words)

  
 Anomalies in Phoenix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Upon arriving near Barbury Castle I was somewhat disappointed to be met by the Army who had set up an exclusion zone around, not only the field the formation was in but also in adjacent  fields.
The next day, the said tetrahedron design appeared beneath Barbury Castle: an important esoteric, philosophic and Qabbalistic symbol, and certainly not a simple archetypal shape that people would draw by accident.
In May, 2005, I (Kathy Doore), photographed an unusual object in the sky ‘between the leaves’ as I gathered barley samples for laboratory analysis from the Phoenix Crop Formation, it connected me directly to the information you've just read, as I understood I would be the one to carry the message forward.
www.labyrinthina.com /barburycrop.htm   (1102 words)

  
 eQUESTRIAN
The Maybach Barbury Castle Horse Trials - now one of Britain’s Premier League events - is set to build on its debut success of last year with record entries and a packed programme of events this weekend, 8 and 9 July in Marlborough, Wilts.
Barbury’s natural downland amphitheatre offers some of the most spectacular cross country viewing in the world, receiving accolades across the board on the Event’s debut last year.
Many top British team members will be using Barbury as a final workout before the World Championships at Aachen in August.
www.equestrian.co.uk /eventing/MAYBACHBARBURYCASTLEHORSE.html   (547 words)

  
 The Pleiades and the Seventh Ray on the Seventh Day
The Barbury Castle formation is thought by some to be related to the Trinity.
Other researchers have found that when the Barbury Castle triangular pattern is superimposed on a map, it aligns with various ancient sites, one of which is Glastonbury.
I remembered that the offsets of the ratchet spiral of the Barbury Castle formation were at 4, 94, 184, and 274 degrees.
greatdreams.com /sisters.htm   (2730 words)

  
 British Eventing News - BARBURY CASTLE INTRODUCES NEW SPONSOR TO EVENTING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
One of the most exciting new events in the 2005 Horse Trials calendar - the Barbury Castle CIC*** International Horse Trials is delighted to announce its title sponsor.
Barbury, which takes place on Sunday 10 July near Marlborough, will be sponsored by Maybach, the luxury limousine brand of DaimlerChrysler.
Maybach and Barbury Castle are both new to eventing but we share a rich heritage and a commitment to be the very best.
www.britisheventing.com /BENews/News/news582.html   (260 words)

  
 SwindonEvent - Barbury Castle maze
Hugely popular with visitors throughout the summer, the 430,000 sq.ft marbled, grass cut labyrinth will be mowed back at the end of October ready for winter ahead.
Organised by 'Nature For All', a Swindon Ranger Team Project, it is believed that the puzzle is the largest temporary maze in the country.
Barbury Castle Country Park lies south-west of Chiseldon, close to M4 Junction 15.
www.swindonevent.com /barburymaze05.htm   (184 words)

  
 Barbury Castle
The ancient earthworks known as Barbury Castle are about five miles south of Swindon and the M4, on the northern edge of the Marlborough Downs.
Barbury Castle Country Park lies south-west of Chiseldon.
Barbury Castle stands at the hub of a network of public rights of way consisting of footpaths, bridleways and byways.
www.swindon.gov.uk /barbury   (466 words)

  
 eQUESTRIAN
In only it’s second year of running, The Maybach Barbury Castle CIC*** International Horse Trials (near Marlborough, Wilts) has soared straight into British Eventing’s Premier League (alongside Badminton and Burghley) and confirms its top division sponsors for 2006.
Maybach, the luxury brand of DaimlerChrysler, is to continue its sponsorship of Barbury as a showcase for what is one of the world’s most exclusive car brands.
Barbury Castle is set in the Marlborough Downs, about 3 miles North West of Marlborough, Wiltshire.
www.equestrian.co.uk /Eventing/BarburyHorseTrialsJumpsIn.html   (300 words)

  
 The Crop Circular, 1997 history of crop circles
The geometry echoes the hexagonal pattern begun at Barbury Castle earlier in the season and will quite possibly be the theme for this year.
The implications, if I am correct, may be of great impact on the validity of both this formation and the actual representation of the Tree of Life formation at Barbury Castle earlier this year, still disputed as being of, er, more earthly origin.
The diagram is a very close representation of the Qabbalistic tree as it sits below the ground, its roots- and route- bringing the adept upward toward the ground to begin his knowledge of the physical world.
www.lovely.clara.net /crop_circles_history97a.html   (612 words)

  
 Barbury Embraces World Cup Action - HORSE MAGAZINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
And tennis and football fans need not shy away from a trip to the horse trials; spectators at Barbury will be able to watch live coverage of Wimbledon and the World Cup on screens at the venue, whilst enjoying live action from one of Britain's premier league events.
The inaugural Maybach Barbury Castle Horse Trials took place last year, and its distinctive Stonehenge fence (pictured) will be appearing again in the CIC three-star section.
Britain's 10 short-listed Young Riders will be competing in Barbury's Open Novice Section on the Saturday (8 July) as a final run before the Young Rider European Championships in Pardubice (4-6 August 2005).
www.horsemagazine.co.uk /news/Barbury_Embraces_World_Cup_Action_article_87117.html   (398 words)

  
 Barbury Castle (Hillfort) | The Modern Antiquarian | Barbury Castle (Hillfort)
Barbury Castle (Hillfort) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
Barbury Castle is surrounded by two impressive banks and ditches (more in some places) and has 360 degree views.
The castle's iron age, but there are bronze age bowl barrows and even a disc barrow nearby, which maybe I'll get back to some time.
www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/2617   (1385 words)

  
 Storm The Castle (from This Is Wiltshire)
BARBURY CASTLES HORSE TRIALS: WOOTTON Bassett rider Sam Albert was hoping to put her Badminton disappointment behind her as the Maybach Barbury Castle CIC Three-Star International Horse Trials got underway today.
Barbury Castle is set in the Marlborough Downs, about three miles north west of Marlborough.
The venue will be signposted from junction 15 of the M4 and motorists are advised NOT to follow the signs for The Barbury Castle Country Park.
www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk /sport/sportheadlines/display.var.823640.0.storm_the_castle.php   (753 words)

  
 Barbury_crop_circles
Decoding of the famous Barbury Castle crop circles
Finally, the aliens are allowing the truth to be released to the masses about a crop circle that appeared in a field on July 16th, 1991 at Barbury Castle in England.
You see in figure 11 a photograph of an aerial view of the Barbury Castle crop circle.
www.meta-religion.com /Paranormale/Crop_circles/barbury_crop_circles.htm   (1783 words)

  
 The Crop Circular, crop circles
At the same time, country residents around the nearby Neolithic hill fort of Barbury Castle had witnessed the, by-now, usual aerobatic display of small, brightly coloured flying objects, followed by what many described as a low rumbling noise akin to that heard at Alton Barnes the previous year.
Covering 12,000sq yards, the Barbury Castle tetrahedron marked a further incursion into crop circle evolution.
Michell further wrote, "The number 3168 is superabundant, the Pythagorean term for a number which is exceeded by the sum of its factors.
www.lovely.clara.net /case1barbury.html   (944 words)

  
 Barbury Castle Nature Reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Barbury Castle is situated on the northern edge of the Marlborough Downs the site lies within the Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The principal focal points are the Iron Age hill fort and its fantastic meadow grassland.
Barbury Castle Local Nature Reserve is one of a number  of sites managed by Swindon Services Rangers Team
193.113.179.211 /textV2/leisuresport/parksandgardens/natureforall/leisure-barburycastlenaturereserve.htm   (364 words)

  
 BBC - Wiltshire - Entertainment - Barbury's 800 foot butterfly
A mega Marble White butterfly has appeared in the centre of the hill fort at Barbury Castle...
And everyone, from rangers and artists to passers by were literally roped in to help peg out and cut the giant maze.
"Barbury Castle is renowned for its butterfly species," says Johannah "it's home to over 28 species, half the total population recorded in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/content/articles/2005/06/23/barbury_castle_maze_feature.shtml   (518 words)

  
 THE PLEIADES AND THE SEVENTH RAY ON THE SEVENTH DAY
The ratchet/Mercury spiral in the Barbury Castle formation may also indicate a cycle of time of six steps, followed by a seventh.
The angle from the center of the triangle to the corner touching the ratchet was at 120 degees, a tetrahedral point.
About nine months prior to the appearance of the 1991 Barbury Castle formation, I drew a circle with a six petal daisy-like flower inside, based on two other dreams.
www.church-of-the-holy-grail.org /7sisters.htm   (1340 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Nothing had been in the field at Barbury Castle at 9 p.m the previous evening when local pilot had flown over it.The formationconsists of an enormous equilateral triangle (with side of about 180 ft)which encloses a doubly-ringed circle.
Some of their sightings were in the direction of Barbu ry Castle which is just five miles away, but at the time of telling this story were quite unaware of what had been found in the fields.
In the morn ing two other pictograms were also found within about three miles of the magnificent one at Barbury Castle.
www.textfiles.com /ufo/UFOBBS/1000/1224.ufo   (582 words)

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