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<< Text Pages >> Tower Farm Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Saturday, 14 August 2004  Page Views: 5625

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tower Farm Long Barrow
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.341 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Long Barrow

Map Ref: SP575848
Latitude: 52.458131N  Longitude: 1.155204W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3
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Long Barrow in Leicestershire and Rutland.
The only evidence that remains of this long barrow are cropmarks.

Nearby is a rectangular enclosure which may have been the mortuary enclosure where corpses were exposed for excarnation.
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