<< Our Photo Pages >> West Cranmore Round Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Cranmore Round Barrows Alternative Name: Old Down FieldCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.076 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Shepton Mallet Nearest Village: Cranmore
Map Ref: ST65844274 Landranger Map Number: 183
Latitude: 51.182862N Longitude: 2.490112W
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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TheCaptain visited on 19th Mar 2023 Seen from the carriage of the East Somerset steam railway near Merryfield Lane halt. Two large round barrows in a field, with fairly distinct ditches around them. There is remains of a third much ploughed out barrow. Looks like badgers are starting to dig away at one of the two large barrows.
Two large well defined bell barrows with fairly distinct ditches around them, and remains of a third much ploughed out barrow can be seen to the north of the railway. Others may be destroyed under the railway and in the fields to the south.
Historic England listing here: Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow 370m east of Clover Farm
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