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<< Our Photo Pages >> Beacon Hill Platform Cairn - Barrow Cemetery in England in Somerset

Submitted by Bladup on Thursday, 10 October 2013  Page Views: 2624

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.049 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Watchet  Nearest Village: West Quantoxhead
Map Ref: ST12434101
Latitude: 51.161612N  Longitude: 3.253696W
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
3 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.
3 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
5

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Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by Bladup : Beacon Hill platform cairn. It is a big one with 25m diameter. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Beacon Hill Platform cairn, a large platform cairn (25m diameter) at the north-western end of the Quantock Hills ridge.

This is a fairly common cairn type in the Quantock Hills. There are also many other cairns on and near the hill, which has superb views.
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Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain : The large platform cairn seen from the summit of Beacon Hill, the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge. Splendid views over Blue Anchor Bay and the Bristol Channel towards Minehead (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain : The summit cairn of Beacon Hill, seen looking southeast along the Quantocks ridge (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain : The summit cairn of Beacon Hill, seen from the large platform cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain : The large platform cairn seen from the summit of Beacon Hill, the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge. Splendid views over the Bristol Channel towards Minehead and Exmoor (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain : The summit cairn of Beacon Hill, near the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain : Approaching the summit cairn of Beacon Hill, near the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge (2 comments)

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by Bladup : Beacon Hill platform cairn - 25m in diameter. The background is looking over towards minehead.

Beacon Hill Platform cairn
Beacon Hill Platform cairn submitted by Bladup : Beacon Hill platform cairn. There are 6 tumuli on Beacon hill plus 2 more just to the South East, this is one of them at ST131405.

Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by Bladup : Beacon Hill platform cairn. There's also a tumulus under the trig point in the background of this photo.

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