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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Churchover Bowl BarrowCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 5.456 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Warwickshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Rugby
Map Ref: SP51457929
Latitude: 52.409203N Longitude: 1.245079W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Round Barrow(s) in Warwickshire
This is a scheduled monument, List Entry Number 1016883. It's easy to find, as it's visible from the layby on the A426, just north of the M6 junction, but actual access proved impossible (keep Out signs, high fences etc).
The Historic England website describes is as: "the remains of a bowl barrow, located in a prominent position on rising ground above the junction of the M6 motorway and the A426 Lutterworth to Market Harborough road. The barrow mound is irregular with evidence of disturbance on the south side. It stands to a height of between 4m to 5m, with a maximum diameter of approximately 30m."
Even from the road, looking over the hedge and through the trees, it's an impressive sight, once you realise where the mound actually is.
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 340108 which adds that this "mound believed to be either a Bronze Age Bowl Barrow or a Windmill mound."
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