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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Badshot LeaCountry: England County: Surrey Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Farnham Nearest Village: Badshot Lea
Map Ref: SU86084793
Latitude: 51.224083N Longitude: 0.768709W
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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SolarMegalith visited on 4th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Andy B have visited here
Most of the site had already been quarried away, but rescue excavations revealed enough of the ditches to indicate a barrow some 140 ft long, oriented slightly north of east. Three sherds of Neolithic pottery were found in the primary silting of the south ditch. In the secondary filling of both ditches was a quantity of Neolithic pottery and a few associated flints. A fragment of a polished axe was taken from the north ditch. Rankine also found two flint arrowheads one leaf-shaped and one lozenge-shaped. The importance of this barrow lies in its position as a possible intermediate between the Kent and Wessex Tombs.
With thanks to Exploring Surrey's Past, where there is more of what little is known about the site. They think the barrow may have looked like Belas Knap.
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