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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Great Llanavon Farm Alternative Name: Llanafon, Cross Lodge
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.708 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Herefordshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Hereford  Nearest Village: Dorstone
Map Ref: SO3322441689  Landranger Map Number: 148
Latitude: 52.069526N  Longitude: 2.9756W
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.
 no data 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.
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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
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Great Llanavon Farm
Great Llanavon Farm submitted by postman : This long barrow forms part of an alignment of ancient places, well, three of them, Dorstone hill in the background has an Iron age hill fort on it, and on the other side is Arthur's stone burial chamber. Connect three. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow in Herefordshire

A Neolithic long barrow, 26 metres long and 12 metres wide.

Pastscape monument no. 106126.
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Great Llanavon Farm
Great Llanavon Farm submitted by postman : Looking over the Neolithic long barrow into the wonderfully named Golden valley. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Llanavon Farm
Great Llanavon Farm submitted by postman : Looking over Cross Lodge long barrow into the Golden valley. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Llanavon Farm
Great Llanavon Farm submitted by postman : Otherwise known as Cross Lodge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Llanavon Farm
Great Llanavon Farm submitted by postman : On top of the long barrow a few stone extrude. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Great Llanavon Farm
Great Llanavon Farm submitted by postman : Despite the intrusive telegraph pole this was an idyllic little place to stare up and down the aptly named Golden valley, whilst sat upon a Neolithic long barrow.

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 872m NW 314° Dorstone Hill* Ancient Village or Settlement (SO32604230)
 1.4km N 356° Pentre House Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO33154307)
 2.0km NW 316° Arthur's Stone* Chambered Tomb (SO3188843124)
 2.5km WNW 283° The Golden Well (Dorstone)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO30804228)
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 2.8km N 4° Bredwardine Church* Carving (SO33484450)
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 3.1km NNW 345° The Knapp (Bredwardine)* Ancient Village or Settlement (SO32454467)
 3.6km SE 143° Peterchurch St Peter's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO35333880)
 4.0km E 95° Holy Well (Blakemere)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO37254128)
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 5.3km SSW 212° Wern Derys* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO30363726)
 7.4km SE 132° Timberline Camp Hillfort (SO387367)
 8.6km NW 311° St Peter's Well, Whitney on Wye* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO268475)
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 9.8km SE 143° Dunseal* Round Barrow(s) (SO391338)
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 10.2km WSW 244° Pen Y Beacon* Stone Circle (SO23933735)
 10.5km E 89° Holy Well (Swainshill)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO43724177)
 10.7km W 272° The Walk Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO225422)
 10.7km SSW 195° Llanveyno Crosses* Ancient Cross (SO3031131361)
 10.8km SSW 206° St. Thomas' Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO28433201)
 10.8km W 277° The Monk's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO225432)
 10.9km W 260° Pen-y-Wyrlod* Chambered Tomb (SO22483987)
 11.4km SSE 151° Minns Close Tump Wood* Causewayed Enclosure (SO38693162)
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Re: Great Llanavon Farm by Zooks777 on Thursday, 12 August 2021
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Shows as prominent rectangular feature, as described, on Environment Agency lidar (gret icon, next to that for CamRA)
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Re: Great Llanavon Farm by elderford on Friday, 08 October 2004
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Also known as Cross Lodge Long Barrow.
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