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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mersley DownCountry: England County: Isle of Wight Type: Round Barrow(s)
Map Ref: SZ557873 Landranger Map Number: 196
Latitude: 50.682699N Longitude: 1.212956W
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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cliffrich visited on 30th Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 1 Access: 3 Only recognisable by very slightly raised ground that could be confused with the many other lumps in the ground. I could not be certain of the exact location in the field due to the numerous similar lumps in the ground. The video is of the site according to an OS map/gps coordinates but disappointed not to find any significant mounds. There are other earth features in the field which may/may not be significant. Ambience is not present hence: '1 - Awful'.
See video - https://youtu.be/NdezfJTLToY
This seems to have been almost totally ploughed out. There is a definite platform with lumps & bumps at the top of a small hill which is probably the barrow site (here in foreground).
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