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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:
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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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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