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<< Our Photo Pages >> Babraham - Long Barrow in England in Cambridgeshire

Submitted by Thorgrim on Tuesday, 13 December 2005  Page Views: 5708

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Babraham
Country: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Cambridge  Nearest Village: Babraham
Map Ref: TL510526
Latitude: 52.151042N  Longitude: 0.205634E
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 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.
no data 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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Babraham submitted by Thorgrim : Looking across to Meggs Hill from Copley Hill and somewhere in the middle distance is the ploughed out long barrow. Visible now only as a crop mark with a later animal enclosure partly overlying it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow in Cambridgeshire

Visible only as a crop mark. To the east of Copley Hill Farm
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