<< Our Photo Pages >> Chinnor Hill Barrows - Round Barrow(s) in England in Oxfordshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chinnor Hill BarrowsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.433 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Chinnor
Map Ref: SP76760063
Latitude: 51.699176N Longitude: 0.890719W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Richard13 visited on 19th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The Chinnor Hill barrows are recognisable but are covered in vegetation so could be missed at first. However there is a sign to show their location, and once found the nature and layout of the site becomes clear. Situated on top of the Chiltern escarpment in the heart of nature reserve this site has a beautiful and spectacular location, with fine views available of the surrounding landscape and the local flora and fauna. It is a short walk on a good path from the nature reserve car park.
From Pastscape:
"The monument includes two bowl barrows situated on Chinnor Hill. The barrow lies on a north west facing slope, overlooking the Upper Icknield Way and the Lower Icknield Way, between Chinnor and Bledlow. The pair of barrows both have central mounds measuring between 23 metres and 24 metres in diameter. They both stand up to 1.2 metres high. The barrow mounds are surrounded by partly infilled quarry ditches which run together, forming a figure of eight in plan. These measure circa 1.5 metres wide and are visible as a low depression circa 0.3 metres deep. A labourer digging on the two barrows in 1899 found a secondary Anglo-Saxon inhumation burial. This had been cut into the mound and was accompanied by spearheads and a bronze chape. The burial probably belonged to a small settlement, situated between and to the north of the pair of barrows. Scheduled."
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