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<< Our Photo Pages >> Haresfield Beacon tumulus - Round Barrow(s) in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 02 September 2020  Page Views: 776

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Haresfield Beacon tumulus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.645 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Gloucestershire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Stroud  Nearest Village: Haresfield
Map Ref: SO82030887
Latitude: 51.778205N  Longitude: 2.26187W
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.
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.
4 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
4

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TheCaptain visited on 31st Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Walk around the Bruce Friendship Trail, which takes in the superb Haresfield Beacon with its remnants of promontory hillfort with a round tumulus at the western point, with a trig point on the top. Superb views over the Severn Vale

drolaf visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 5 Access: 3.5

Haresfield Beacon tumulus
Haresfield Beacon tumulus submitted by TheCaptain : The tumulus with trig point on top, at the western end of Haresfield Beacon. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round barrow topped by the trig point on Haresfield Beacon.

At the western tip of Haresfield Hill, the views from here over the Severn Vale to the Forest of Dean and Black Mountains are superb.

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Haresfield Beacon tumulus
Haresfield Beacon tumulus submitted by TheCaptain : The tumulus with trig point on top, at the western end of Haresfield Beacon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Haresfield Beacon tumulus
Haresfield Beacon tumulus submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO8208 : Haresfield Beacon by Ian S
by Ian S
©2013(licence)
SO8208 : The Trig Point on Ring Hill by Ian S
by Ian S
©2013(licence)
SO8208 : The Cotswold Way at Ring Hill by Ian S
by Ian S
©2013(licence)
SO8208 : Trig Point BM S5150 by Ian S
by Ian S
©2013(licence)
SO8208 : Trig point on Haresfield Beacon by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2016(licence)

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