<< Text Pages >> Alresford Hill - Cairn in England in Essex
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alresford HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.755 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Essex Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Colchester Nearest Village: Alresford
Map Ref: TM06282022
Latitude: 51.842462N Longitude: 0.993112E
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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Tumulus (now destroyed) in Essex
This tumulus, now destroyed, is recorded on The Northern Antiquarian entry for Alresford Hill, Alresford, Essex, but still gives a helpful 8 figure grid reference of TM 0628 2022. Their entry records the finding of a well-preserved urn in June 1942by a schoolgirl, Miss Anne Pilkington. TNA tells us it is thanks to her that we have a record of this site at all.
This site is also recorded by Pastscape - see their entry for Monument Number 386364, which adds that the beaker was found 70 yards north west of Bench Mark 74.8and 560 yards slightly west from Alresford Church. "The beaker was found about 5 ft down in the face of a gravel pit. No mound had been observed there but a circular crop mark had been noted. In 1922 Laver had noted a ploughed down barrow some 18 inches high in this field. There can be no doubt about the site which is recognised from his sketch map. It was 200 yds from the road and 20 yds south of the track into the field."
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