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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn - Artificial Mound in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by hamish on Monday, 02 April 2007  Page Views: 12732

Multi-periodSite Name: St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn Alternative Name: St Arilda's Church
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.132 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Thornbury  Nearest Village: Oldbury-on-Severn
Map Ref: ST60839191
Latitude: 51.624635N  Longitude: 2.567232W
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
 4 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.
 5 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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4clydesdale7 visited on 4th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is in a beautiful spot - no wonder the villagers fought to save it

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St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn
St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn submitted by TheCaptain : Situated on a raise above the South Gloucestershire levels known as Cowhill, is St Arilda's church, which has been described as being built on a Tumulus. The tumulus is of uncertain date and may have pre-Christian pagan associations. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Situated on a rise on the South Gloucestershire levels known as Cowhill, is St Arilda's church, which has been described as being built on a Tumulus. The tumulus is of uncertain date and may have pre-Christian pagan associations. It can be seen from many miles around and is not far from a settlement, probably Bronze to Iron Age.

When the church was to be demolished the villagers were incensed and demanded that it be renovated and left where it was. A Site of ancient importance and continual usage I think should be included here.

Two churches in Gloucestershire are dedicated to St Arilda, a local saint of Saxon times. This one at Oldbury-on-Severn near her traditional home, and a second ("St Arild's Church") at Oldbury-on-the-Hill. Both places were called 'Aldberie' at the time of the Domesday Book, suggesting that their names may be derived from the saint, and that these places of worship are very old.
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St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn
St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn submitted by TheCaptain : Viewed from the graveyard to the north, showing the steep raise then flat top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn
St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn submitted by TheCaptain : Approaching from the southwest. Situated on a raise above the South Gloucestershire levels known as Cowhill, is St Arilda's church, which has been described as being built on a Tumulus. The tumulus is of uncertain date and may have pre-Christian pagan associations. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn
St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn submitted by TheCaptain : Approaching from the south. Situated on a raise above the South Gloucestershire levels known as Cowhill, is St Arilda's church, which has been described as being built on a Tumulus. The tumulus is of uncertain date and may have pre-Christian pagan associations. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn
St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn submitted by hamish : The leveled platform can be seen more easily in this picture. I have given some information on the site page. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn
St Arilda's, Oldbury-on-Severn submitted by hamish : St Arilda's Church on the South Gloucestershire levels. The rise it is built on is described as a Tumulus.

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Re: Oldbury-on-Severn by SumDoood on Thursday, 12 May 2016
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And on the same side just up the river from there you can visit the non-prehistoric but very odd and interesting: flickr.com/groups/purtonbarges/
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Re: Oldbury-on-Severn by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 04 July 2011
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The idea that St.Arilda's Church is built on a Tumulus is not that fanciful - its position on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Severn is where our forebears may have sought to build a tomb and of course early Christians liked to 'adopt' pagan 'holy' places - the mound is quite high and oval shaped with SW NE orientation - so I would not discard the folklore so easily even if it is hard to see that the Church has proper foundations if it is built over a Barrow - unless of course of course the early Christians destroyed most of the Barrow digging down to the bedrock
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