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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Welshampton Bowl BarrowCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.297 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Ellesmere Nearest Village: Welshampton
Map Ref: SJ43573499
Latitude: 52.909361N Longitude: 2.840526W
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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Marko visited on 27th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
TimPrevett have visited here
The remains of a bowl barrow on the south side of the A495 in Welshampton village centre.
This sizeable mound, 60 feet in diameter, and near 9 feet high, is hard to miss. Many times we had gone past this feature enroute somewhere else, and at last a visit was planned and actioned.
Access is not possible due to barbed wire and chicken wire, though you can look right into the enclosure surrounding it by standing on a bank above the pavement. When standing on this bank the height of the location in relation to the surrounding countryside strikes you - this would have been visible for a good few miles around before houses made their mark on the landscape.
Subtle contours are detectable on the east side of the barrow, aiding its interpretation a bowl barrow.
We parked the car in the small area outside St Michael & All Angels Church, a little to the west. Be careful with the road and bends here - many vehicles come through too fast; a bit worrying especially with small children in tow.
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