<< Our Photo Pages >> Stowe Enclosure - Misc. Earthwork in England in Gloucestershire
Submitted by oldman on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 Page Views: 1149
Multi-periodSite Name: Stowe EnclosureCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.88 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Lydney Nearest Village: St Briavels
Map Ref: SO56430643
Latitude: 51.754855N Longitude: 2.632607W
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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Geojazz visited on 1st Jan 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
This is marked on the OS as an earthwork but it does appear to have entrances. I don't know if it's a an enclosure, barrow, henge or fort but it is quite interesting.
We were looking for the ruins of St Margaret's Chapel which is supposed to be a little further up the lane.
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