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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Heston BrakeCountry: Wales County: Monmouthshire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Chepstow Nearest Village: Portskewett
Map Ref: ST50528866 Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.594602N Longitude: 2.715696W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The stones are puddingstones (conglomerate glacial erratics) and mark the front of the eroded entrance grave. A long parallel sided chamber is covered by a badly damaged long mound, with entrance at the eastern end.
This chambered tomb is recorded as Coflein NPRN 300078, the latest entry dated 1989 reading: "A chambered long barrow measuring 25m long, 12m wide and height averaging 1m. Excavations in 19thC revealed 'two chambers lying E and W and connected internally'. Most of the mound has been removed".
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Heston Brake Long Barrow, Portskewett, Monmouthshire, Wales, which includes a photograph, a plan of the tumulus, a description and brief history, quotations from a number of reference sources, and a list of reference sources for more information.
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