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<< Our Photo Pages >> Whitefield's Tump - Long Barrow in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by theCaptain on Monday, 22 March 2004  Page Views: 10923

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Whitefield's Tump Alternative Name: Whitfield's Tump, Minchinhampton III
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Stroud  Nearest Village: Minchinhampton
Map Ref: SO85400170  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.713838N  Longitude: 2.21272W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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
 4

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4clydesdale7 visited on 28th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Passed by, by many a golfer day in day out (especially in summer) and probably not recognised by the for what it is (no - not an unraked overgrown golf bunker with lots of divot holes!) but a Long Barrow -

TheWhiteRider visited on 20th Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by thecaptain : Whitefield's Tump is a largely shapeless remains of a Long Barrow on the northwestern part of Minchinhampton Common. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A badly damaged and largely shapeless Long Barrow on the northwestern part of Minchinhampton Common in Gloucestershire.

The name Whitefields Tump comes from the fact that Methodist Preacher George Whitefield used to hold his services from here in the mid 1700's.

These days there is part of a golf course very close by.
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Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by SimonC : This long-neglected barrow has received a bit of care recently with a narrow strip being mowed around the outline, which is surprisingly effective at making it stand out. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by SimonC : Early Purple Orchids (Orchis Mascula) Whitfield's Tump, Minchinhampton Common, Glos. 21/04/2024 I'd like to think that our ancestors were enjoying these beautiful flowers 4000 years ago (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by thecaptain : Whitefield's Tump is a largely shapeless remains of a Long Barrow on the northwestern part of Minchinhampton Common. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by thecaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by thecaptain

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by thecaptain

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by thecaptain

Whitefield's Tump
Whitefield's Tump submitted by baz : There's little left to see of this long barrow on Minchinhampton Common. George Whitefield (pronounced Whitfield), a Calvinist preacher, is said to have addressed a large crowd from here in 1743. OS grid ref: SO 8539 0170.

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Re: Street View by Zooks777 on Sunday, 15 August 2021
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Merely a mount with an excavation/rob pit on the Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to that for CamRA)
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Re: The Reverend Whitfield's Pulpit by 4clydesdale7 on Friday, 01 July 2011
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Considering Alfred Watkins (The Old Straight Track) penchant for finding 2+2 points in alignment, the standard golfer's mating call (meaning - beware those in front) could now have a whole new meaning!
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The Reverend Whitfield's Pulpit by 4clydesdale7 on Friday, 01 July 2011
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Probably ignored (and cursed) by its most frequent visitor, no doubt a golfer muttering some ancient curse, and no doubt totally unrecognised by the club bearing wanderer for what it is - shame really because some of the views may show a ley line or two - the odd notch here, church spire there and those strange named cross roads and burial areas (The Devil's Graveyard etc) - not all the theories about ley lines are hocus pocus (!) nor are they mere statistical coincidences (!) - worth a little more investigation
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Street View by coldrum on Sunday, 21 March 2010
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