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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Anstey BarrowsCountry: England County: Devon Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dulverton Nearest Village: West Anstey
Map Ref: SS85452918
Latitude: 51.050508N Longitude: 3.635623W
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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There are two prominent round barrows on Anstey Common hilltop, about a hundred metres to the north of the ridge top road, and easily accessible from readily available parking places.
The western of the two is a nicely formed round barrow, about 25 metred diameter and 2.5 metres high. It has been dug into at the top and from the north. To the east of this barrow is a second, much bigger barrow which is covered in gorse and other shrubbery which tend to hide it. It is about 30-40 metres in diameter, and up to 4 metres in height, but has been very disturbed by digging. It has clear remnants of a ditch surrounding it.
The views up here are superb, or would be on a clear day, with Dartmoor visible away in the distance to the south.
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