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<< Our Photo Pages >> Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery - Barrow Cemetery in England in Devon

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 07 October 2002  Page Views: 11137

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery
Country: England County: Devon Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Honiton  Nearest Village: Ottery St Mary
Map Ref: SY146962  Landranger Map Number: 192
Latitude: 50.759087N  Longitude: 3.21214W
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.
 no data 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.
 4 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
 3

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Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery
Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery submitted by MattImpey : The larger of the two barrows at approximately SY151961 on Gittisham hill (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery of around thirty-three round barrows in Devon

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Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery
Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery submitted by MattImpey : The smaller of the two barrows at approximately SY151961 on Gittisham hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery
Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery submitted by MattImpey : Two bowl barrows on Gittisham Hill (approx. SY148962) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery
Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery submitted by MattImpey : Two bowl barrows on Gittisham hill (approx. SY148967) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery by lauraaurora on Sunday, 26 June 2022
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Hi, I'm wondering how does one visit the Gittisham Hill barrows, is there public access? Thanks!
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Re: Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery by maengurta on Thursday, 23 April 2009
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I do a lot of fossil hunting around this area. Look out on the bridleways and amongst the flint scree and you can find beautiful fossil sea urchins preserved in flint.
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Re: Farway & Gittisham Hill Cemetery by AngieLake on Monday, 25 August 2008
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For info on Farway Prehistoric Cup see Broad Down Barrow Cemetery site page, and Royal Albert Memorial Museum site page.
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