<< Our Photo Pages >> Firestone Copse - Round Barrow(s) in England in Isle of Wight
Submitted by cliffrich on Saturday, 11 May 2019 Page Views: 1727
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Firestone Copse Alternative Name: Cothey ButtsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 8.97 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Wight Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Ryde Nearest Village: Wootton Bridge/Fishbourne
Map Ref: SZ5587091731
Latitude: 50.722525N Longitude: 1.20988W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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cliffrich visited on 21st Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Looks like the second barrow has been ploughed out. The first barrow is just identifiable but looks, also, to have been mostly ploughed out. Sadly, the farmer is using the barrow for crops. I am aware of a usual 2mtr exclusion zone around all ancient barrows.
When I visited the field was full of Rapeseed crop so I couldn't see anything! The Rape crop was around 36" high and I couldn't even see the top of the two barrows neither any bare patches where the farmer may have been preserving them. The barrows are supposed to be in the middle of the field. According to Historic England the barrows are 35m and 45m dia. and 1.25m and 0.5m high respectively. Both barrows had been excavated in 1992 and 1985 respectively. Let's hope that they were returned to their original condition! I will return when the Rape crop has died down.
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