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<< Our Photo Pages >> Rowbarrow Group - Barrow Cemetery in England in Somerset

Submitted by sem on Saturday, 08 July 2017  Page Views: 1669

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rowbarrow Group
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Porlock  Nearest Village: Wheddon Cross
Map Ref: SS87544154
Latitude: 51.162020N  Longitude: 3.609674W
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
4 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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Rowbarrow Group
Rowbarrow Group submitted by sem : Great Rowbarrow at SS 8754 4154 Walking from Dunkery Beacon, Great Rowbarrow only becomes visible when you reach Little Rowbarrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Somerset

Taken from www.exmoorher.co.uk - "Scheduled Monument 1003677: Group of four barrows and cairns known as 'Rowbarrows' including Great Rowbarrow and Little Rowbarrow".

For more information see Exmoor National Park Website MS09185 (Scheduled Monument 1003677).
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Rowbarrow Group
Rowbarrow Group submitted by sem : Unnamed cairn at SS 87465 41475 There is another unnamed cairn in the group which I did not manage to find. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rowbarrow Group
Rowbarrow Group submitted by sem : More twin cairns on the horizon. Very much like S Wales and the cairns on nearby Dunkery Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rowbarrow Group
Rowbarrow Group submitted by sem : Little Rowbarrow at SS 8788 4156 Walking west this is the first barrow/cairn you meet. Together with an unnamed monument at SS87464147,from a distance they form a pair on the horizon. Great Rowbarrow only becomes visible when you reach Little Rowbarrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS8741 : Exmoor : Great Rowbarrows by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2011(licence)
SS8741 : Exmoor : Bronze Age Cairns by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2011(licence)
SS8741 : Great Rowbarrow by Chris Andrews
by Chris Andrews
©2012(licence)
SS8741 : Summit cairn, Great Rowbarrow by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2011(licence)
SS8741 : Cutcombe: Dunkery Beacon from near Great Rowbarrow by Martin Bodman
by Martin Bodman
©2005(licence)

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