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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leygore Manor Alternative Name: Turkdean ICountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb
Map Ref: SP1178816648 Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.848307N Longitude: 1.830277W
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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4clydesdale7 visited on 31st Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Met the Landowner - very little evidence now remaining - ploughed out late 1800s
Whenever there is some controversy in Gloucestershire Archaeological circles there often seems to be a lot of 'huffing and puffing' and very little 'solid thinking' - take this site for instance.
The Ordnance Survey referred to this site as a Long Barrow as early as its 1883 6inch edition - frequently regarded as extremely accurate it is often given 'biblical status'.
In 1883 the famed G.Witts published his Archaeological Handbook of Gloucestershire (known to contain 'the odd error or two'). Referring peremptorily to the site consisting of a row of three Round Barrows without further description - Nos 64;65;66.
Then the fates took a hand - the incumbent farming family set to work with a modern plough virtually destroying (but not quite all) the evidence. The archaeological worthies refused to take on the analytical task preferring either to ignore it or 'sit on the fence'. Along came EH with their 'spy in the sky' coupled with some muddled thinking (not unknown for them) - nothing but chaos if you ask me!
BGAS refused to stay silent and suggested that the the site was one or the other or perhaps both!. 1960 Vol.79 pp.92 & 136 - Darvill/LV Grinsell in their 1989 Review BGAS Vol.107 refused to enter the fray - making no mention at all! Although Darvill's work The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds makes a passing reference to it (GLO57) as being one of a pair of adjacent Long Barrows, even though no-one has ever actually seen its dopellganger just to the East (Leygore Manor 2 - GLO58).
Pastscape contradicts itself (Monument 329915; Gloucestershire; Cotswolds; Turkdean) saying at one point it prefers the '3 in a line' theory on the basis there is no broadening (expected where there is a Long Barrow) and then glibly states that the round barrows are 20m to 30m in diameter - (nice one!)
G.Witts must have had some political clout and the rest must be concerned for their finances - why will they not contradict him?
The current position on site really does suggest that it is a Long Barrow. The southwestern end seems more prominent being about 2ft high and 10/15m wider - it stands where you would expect if you relied on the 1883 6in OS Map and the same farming family were astonished to hear yesterday (31/01/12) that there had ever been any suggestion of 'three barrows' - they ought to know what they ploughed!
By the way pastscape seem to think there is a 'lost Long Barrow' in the area - according to the Saxon Charters there should be one called 'Balesbeorge' or 'Bal's Barrow' in the neighbourhood - sic transit gloria mundi!
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