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<< Our Photo Pages >> North Hill Down - Barrow Cemetery in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Wednesday, 11 May 2011  Page Views: 5209

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: North Hill Down
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.411 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Salisbury
Map Ref: SU12953343
Latitude: 51.100030N  Longitude: 1.816432W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 3 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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North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : The largest bowl barrow - view from the west (photo taken on May 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Wiltshire. A Bronze Age barrow cemetery located in southern part of North Hill Down includes 5 bowl barrows and one possible barrow. Most of them are clearly distinguishable, with height reaching 0,9 m. One of the barrows is almost completely leveled and only trace of it's quarry ditch is visible. The excavations carried out in 19th century unearthed cremation burials and Bronze Age pottery.

Reaching the barrow cemetery is not easy, as area of the site is not under public right of way. You can try to get there from the west, as there are couple of gaps in vegetation, but you have to cross the barbed wire fence.

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North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : The most easternly located, well-preserved bowl barrow (photo taken on May 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : The largest bowl barrow - view from the east (photo taken on May 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : Two westernly located bowl barrows - view from the east (photo taken on May 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of a bowl barrow preserved as circular trace of a quarry ditch (photo taken on May 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : The largest bowl barrow is located in western end of the cemetery (photo taken on May 2011).

North Hill Down
North Hill Down submitted by SolarMegalith : Two westernly located bowl barrows - view from the NE (photo taken on May 2011).

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