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The Isle of Wight Festival was a very large rock festival that took place near Afton Down, West Wight in 1970, following two smaller concerts in 1968 and 1969. The 1970 show was notable both as one of the last public performances by Jimi Hendrix and for the number of attendees, reaching by some estimates 600,000. [ 55 ]
On the Isle of Wight neolithic occupation is attested to by flint tool finds, pottery and monuments. The Isle of Wight's neolithic communities were agriculturalists, farming livestock and crops. The Isle of Wight's most recognisable neolithic site is the Longstone at Mottistone, the remains of an early Neolithic long barrow. Initially ...
Coordinates: 50°38′48″N 1°21′19″W. Northcourt Manor photographed in 2001. Northcourt Manor is one of three manor houses, along with Woolverton and Westcourt, that is located in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. It was begun by Sir John Leigh, Deputy Governor of the Island, in 1615, but was unfinished at his death.
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A story about flooding across Hampshire and Isle of Wight was among our most read stories this week. Hampshire & Isle of Wight weekly round-up: 6 April - 12 April 2024 Skip to main content
United Kingdom. Coordinates. 50°40′22″N 1°09′16″W / 50.6728°N 1.1544°W / 50.6728; -1.1544. Construction started. 1st century. Demolished. 4th century. Brading Roman Villa was a Roman courtyard villa which has been excavated and put on public display in Brading on the Isle of Wight.
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50°40′40″N 1°14′46″W / 50.67778°N 1.24611°W / 50.67778; -1.24611. Construction started. 872. Arreton Manor is a manor house in Arreton, Isle of Wight, England. Its history is traced to 872 AD to the time of King Alfred the Great and his parents. It was left by King Alfred by his will to his youngest son Aethelweard.