<< Our Photo Pages >> Querns Barrow - Chambered Tomb in England in Gloucestershire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Querns Barrow Alternative Name: Cirencester ICountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Cirencester
Map Ref: SP01980150 Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.712229N Longitude: 1.972742W
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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Hordernm visited on 29th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Failed to find the amphitheater about 15 years ago. Signposting and access must have improved. Great view of the barrow from the top of the roman bank.
alchemille visited on 6th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.5
In a little fenced off grassy area beside the ring road, this long barrow is dwarfed by its neighbour, the Roman Amphitheatre, which is less than 50 metres away. I can only assume that the barrow was still held sacred when the Romans were here, which would explain why the barrow wasn't destroyed during the construction of the amphitheatre.
Human remains were found here during excavations the 19th Century, which included two cuts right through the mound.
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