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<< Our Photo Pages >> Eylesbarrow - Barrow Cemetery in England in Devon

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 04 February 2020  Page Views: 1811

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eylesbarrow
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: SX59976858
Latitude: 50.500234N  Longitude: 3.975832W
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.
 5 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.
 3 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
 5

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Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : Eylesbarrow (SX 59976858) (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of two very large oval cairns on the summit of Eylesbarrow. The easternmost, called Eylesbarrow, measures 28m east to west and 26m north to south with a height of 1.8m. The other measures 20m east to west and 22m north to south and is 1.2 m high.
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Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : Upon Eylesbarrow (SX 59976858) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : Eylesbarrow (SX59976858) is in the left foreground and The Northern Cairn (SX59956862) behind it at the right of the photo (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : Eylesbarrow (SX59976858) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : The Northern Cairn (SX59956862)

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : A small cairn with the Northern Cairn (SX59956862) in the background

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : The two cairns, Eylesbarrow is the one in the background

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : Another small cairn with eylesbarrow behind

Eylesbarrow
Eylesbarrow submitted by Bladup : Upon the Northern Cairn (SX 59956862)

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