Figsbury ring

An enjoyable morning spent in Salisbury, we wandered behind the high street shops along Fisherton street looking for an Asian place to buy spices and perhaps a charity shop or two for fabric. Again the charity shop proved to be interesting although not for material, we bought a large 1950 photograph set in Paris, two small rectangular cushions and a scarf. Luckily a fabric shop appeared with the most wonderful looking outer (I hope to show a few others as well in the extra) and colourful rolls of goodies inside.

We were intrigued with the tilde or accent above the O in the word Hõvis, following a quick look it appears on the word between 1920 - 1950. Worth keeping above your doorway.

Figsbury ring is not far from where we are staying, having passed the sign many times in recent days we drove up the rugged track to take a look. The following was found on the internet:

The earthworks of Figsbury Ring are sub-circular and enclose 6.4 hectares of grassland on a chalk ridge to the north east of Salisbury, in the parish of Firsdown, Wilts It is yet to be fully investigated.

When Figsbury was considered within the context of the wider landscape and a range of other nearby monuments it appeared possible that the site may have begun as a Causewayed enclosure. This may then have been modified into a Henge monument in the later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. There is certainly sufficient evidence to state with some degree of confidence that the site was occupied (albeit temporarily or intermittently) towards the middle of the third millennium BC. Further modification of the site appears to have taken place during the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age.