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![]() | A fact from Jarn Mound appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 16:19, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that Jarn Mound (pictured) was erected to view the "dreaming spires"? Source: The Little Book of Oxford "Evans built Jarn Mound on Boar's Hill, in an attempt to produce a vantage point from which the 'dreaming spires' could look their best."
Created by Andrew Davidson (talk). Self-nominated at 23:24, 21 November 2022 (UTC).
Hi Andrew Davidson, interesting article, review follows: article created 20 November and exceeds minimum length; article is cited inline throughout to what look to be reliable sources for the subject; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and cited to a reliable source, AGF that the source supports the hook based on the quote above; image is good, used in the article and freely licensed; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 16:23, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
Picture of the dreaming spires
[edit]Is there a picture of these "dreaming spires" from the mound? I'd like to see them, and I'm not able to get there in person. Mr Ernie (talk) 15:34, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- The view from the mound is now obstructed by trees. There may be some historic photos or paintings of the original view but I've not seen one yet. But here's a good photo of the spires from Boars Hill which was taken in 2009.
- As and when I visit myself, I must take a drone to take a good panoramic shot. There's a video tour with some drone footage on YouTube but it seems too hazy to capture the view of the spires so well.
- Andrew🐉(talk) 16:52, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, very nice images. Mr Ernie (talk) 19:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
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