<< Text Pages >> Chronicle Hills - Barrow Cemetery in England in Cambridgeshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chronicle HillsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.25 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cambridgeshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: Whittlesford and Thriplow
Map Ref: TL452475
Latitude: 52.106776N Longitude: 0.118749E
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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Three Iron Age barrows (and two others) demolished in 1818. Finds included human and animal bones and 'bronze reliques'.
Sources: (Gentleman's Magazine 1819;Cambridge Chronicle 13 November 1818)
Source: http://pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=370806
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