<< Our Photo Pages >> Dundry Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dundry Long BarrowCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Bristol Nearest Village: Dundry
Map Ref: ST57606645
Latitude: 51.395492N Longitude: 2.610819W
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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4clydesdale7 visited on 25th Apr 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Nice position - just a little difficult to approach or was the wet and windy weather the problem!
It has been shown as a mound for many many years on various editions of the Ordnance Survey - E K Tratman of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society never considered it to be a Barrow but after one of his mentors S A Rahtz and English Heritage's predecessor the Ministry of Works got together in the 1950s it was believed to be a Long Barrow and given the Somerset notation T367 - more recent inspections seem to concur - but as each year passes the plough seeks its revenge -
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