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<< Our Photo Pages >> Longstone Moor - Round Barrow(s) in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by twentytrees on Wednesday, 07 June 2006  Page Views: 5903

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Longstone Moor
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.597 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Buxton  Nearest Village: Tideswell
Map Ref: SK18887328
Latitude: 53.256195N  Longitude: 1.718461W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
5 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
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stretchyboy visited on 19th Jun 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 I'm doing an adventure at the moment as part of my healing of a badly broken leg, heading to all the access 5 sites in my area. It is about 500m up to the barrow on a lovely path, so this is Access 4.

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Longstone Moor
Longstone Moor submitted by twentytrees : The barrow with its cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Derbyshire

Fine Bronze Age bowl barrow on the very top of Longstone Moor. At 400m there are fine views in all directions including to Minning Low, Five Wells and Arbor Low. There are a number of other earthworks adjacent to the barrow.
Park at lay-by on the B6465 from which there is a footpath to the barrow.
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Longstone Moor
Longstone Moor submitted by chester1960 : Longstone Moor Bowl Barrow, looking west-south west. On the horizon, just to the right of the stake, lies Five Wells Chambered Cairn. Taken on 05 September 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK1873 : Cairn on Longstone Moor by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
©2011(licence)
SK1873 : Tumulus on Longstone Moor, Derbyshire by Andrew Tryon
by Andrew Tryon
©2022(licence)
SK1873 : The top of Longstone Moor by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2022(licence)
SK1873 : Oska guards the cairn by IAIN BARKER
by IAIN BARKER
©2020(licence)
SK1873 : Burial mound and cairn on Longstone Edge by IAIN BARKER
by IAIN BARKER
©2020(licence)

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 555m NW 308° Rolley Low* Round Barrow(s) (SK18447362)
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 3.5km SSE 163° Sheepwash Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK199699)
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 4.9km ENE 62° Stoney Middleton Thermal Springs* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK232756)
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 5.0km NE 52° Riley Graves* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK22867639)
 5.1km WSW 241° Taddington High Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK1442470824)
 5.1km NE 47° Top Of Riley Stone Circle (SK226768)
 5.1km NE 40° Mompesson's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK222772)
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Great Walks by Andy B on Saturday, 18 March 2017
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One of 22 great walks here
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/18/22-great-spring-walks-in-uk
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