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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Broome CircleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.396 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Swindon Nearest Village: Broome Manor
Map Ref: SU16748251 Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.541243N Longitude: 1.760016W
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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Standing Stone and possible Stone Row in Wiltshire
For more information about this site, see Pastscape monument no. 221989 (Long Stone), which tells us: "(there is a) possible prehistoric standing stone at Broome. It was described by Aubrey as being about 10ft high and part of an alignment. All were broken up during the late 19th or early 20th century."
Update October 2019: The Stone Rows of Great Britain includes an entry for Broome, this now destroyed single stone row, last recorded by John Aubrey in the 17th century. SRoGB notes: "(this site) is said to have consisted of a tall stone measuring more than 3m high from which extended a line of smaller stones. The row was destroyed in the 19th century but the field in which it stood is known as Longstones … we cannot be certain that this monument was a stone row. There is however a strong possibility that this was the site of a stone row".
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