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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harlow BarrowCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.011 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Essex Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Harlow Nearest Village: Old Harlow
Map Ref: TL478112 Landranger Map Number: 167
Latitude: 51.779952N Longitude: 0.141095E
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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Bronze Age bowl barrow later used by the Anglo-Saxons as a meeting place (moot hill or mutlow) The Old English word for a mound or barrow which they reused in this way was "hlaew" This has given its name to Harlow.
A footpath off Gilden Way near Old Harlow leads to the barrow which is in a small copse TL 477781120
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