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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Soldier's Tump Alternative Name: Bowl BarrowCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Chepstow Nearest Village: Tidenham
Map Ref: ST55289849
Latitude: 51.683379N Longitude: 2.648244W
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Geojazz visited on 29th Nov 2020 As previous people have said, it's been ploughed flat
From Historic England:
"A Bronze Age bowl barrow, known locally as Soldiers Tump, appears to have been ploughed level. Excavations in 1951-52 found a primary cist contained cremated bones, charcoal, a short bronze dagger (associated with a bronze awl and a fragment of pottery belonging to a collared urn), a pointed bronze pin with squared tang, a flat tabular shale amulet and three fossil encrinoid beads. A secondary cist contained calcined human remains and charcoal. Prehistoric implements of uncertain date were found haphazardly in the material composing the barrow. The barrow has been levelled but has been recorded as an earthwork mound, with a diameter of 20m, on aerial photographs. Three circular indentations are visible in the top of the barrow. Their form suggest they may have once been the base of structure which sat on the barrow but they could also be erosion or the remains of treasure hunting, digging or prospective quarrying into the barrow."
Further information can be found on Pastscape Monument No. 198682
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