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StonehengeSite Name: Bush BarrowCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Amesbury
Map Ref: SU11644126 Landranger Map Number: 184
Latitude: 51.170465N Longitude: 1.83489W
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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Jansold visited on 24th Feb 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Bladup Andy B have visited here
(Kite aerial photo by Hamish Fenton)
This very large bowl barrow, just south of Stonehenge, measures over 40m in diameter and stands today 3m high. It was excavated in 1808 by William Cunnington and Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The primary burial was of a tall, stout, adult man, buried lying on his back. The grave goods placed with him show that this was a princely burial from about 1900 -1700 B.C. It is Britain's richest and most important Bronze Age burial
In the foreground is a round barrow. Together they form part of the Normanton Down Barrows. There is a feature at British Archaeology with much detail about the excavation of Bush Barrow and the site as a whole.
Note: John Harris from The Guardian visits Bush Barrow, Blick Mead and other sites threatened by the proposed Stonehenge Road Tunnel. See also the ongoing discussions in our forum
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