Thank you so much! I have a lot more photos I could add if you like these, even a few of Mount Doom that I took in Hawaii. 
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				Yes .. but I think your idea of Downs is a bit rugged for somewhere so close to the Shire perhaps a wilder part of middle earth...  There are barrows on downs on the Isle of Wight ( a short ferry ride away from me) .  The last Wight walking festival had one event that was "Walk the Barrow Downs"!!! 
			
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 You're probably right, but we Alaskans have to make do with what we have. Earth-covered piles of bones are few and far between here. As are most nice things.