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<< Text Pages >> Gough's Barrow (Long Compton) - Cairn in England in Warwickshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gough's Barrow (Long Compton)
Country: England County: Warwickshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Lon Compton  Nearest Village: Little Rollright
Map Ref: SP29463090
Latitude: 51.975791N  Longitude: 1.572523W
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
Destroyed 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
4

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Cairn in Warwickshire

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) feature a page on this now destroyed barrow, located to the north west of the Rollright Stones complex - see their entry for Gough’s Barrow, Long Compton, Warwickshire. TNA's page includes the only known drawing of Gough's Barrow tighter with a brief archaeology & history.

Pastscape Monument No. 332812 also records this monument, adding: "a circular barrow, 'below the road to the left hand on the side of the hill. Under it is a spring head running eastward to Long Compton. This barrow has had stonework at the east end of it' ... The site has been known since Stukeley described it as being round with stone on it. It is shown in a number of antiquarian drawings and its location was plotted with as much accuracy as possible prior to a trench being dug in 1983. The excavation found nothing above natural bedrock in this area and the plough soil was modern. Any barrow on the site would have been destroyed by modern cultivation. It is possible that features cutting the natural bedrock survive if the barrow is incorrectly located. However, this is mere speculation. At present, there is insufficient evidence to determine the exact nature of the site which cannot be precisely located on the basis of the available data. It is therefore impossible to clearly identify a constraint area for scheduling purposes. Or, more importantly, a level of survival."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP2930 : Looking across a grassy field towards near Little Rollright by Steve Daniels
by Steve Daniels
©2009(licence)
SP2930 : Permissive bridleway by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
©2010(licence)
SP2930 : The King's field, Rollright Stones by Christine Johnstone
by Christine Johnstone
©2023(licence)
SP2930 : Gifts to the Kings Men, Rollright Stones by Christine Johnstone
by Christine Johnstone
©2023(licence)
SP2930 : Rollright Stones (part), Oxfordshire by Brian Robert Marshall
by Brian Robert Marshall
©2007(licence)

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