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Submitted by oldman on Tuesday, 16 October 2018  Page Views: 1418

Multi-periodSite Name: Stowe Enclosure
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Lydney  Nearest Village: St Briavels
Map Ref: SO56430643
Latitude: 51.754855N  Longitude: 2.632607W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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
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Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by oldman : Earthwork near Stowe. You can see how close it is to the track. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Gloucestershire

This is marked on the OS as an earthwork but it does appear to have entrances. I don't know if it's a an enclosure, barrow, henge or fort but it is quite interesting.

We were looking for the ruins of St Margaret's Chapel which is supposed to be a little further up the lane.
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Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by Geojazz : Another view of the wall circle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by Geojazz : The north side has some kind of walled entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by Geojazz : View along the wall ring (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by Geojazz : As seen on our approach from the Brearse direction (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by oldman : Earthwork near Stowe

Stowe Enclosure
Stowe Enclosure submitted by oldman : Earthwork near Stowe. On the approach to St Margaret's Chapel ruins (which we never found)

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Re: Stowe Enclosure by Anne T on Tuesday, 16 October 2018
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Always interested in old chapels and/or ruined chapels, I tried to find out more information about St Margaret's Chapel and the enclosure you've submitted, oldman. For the enclosure, I found this entry on the Historic England map search at SO 56420 06446, HE List ID 1002087, which says: "The monument includes a defended enclosure situated on the summit of a small spur overlooking the upper valley of the Mork Brook. The enclosure survives as a roughly oval central area of approximately 0.2ha defined by a rampart bank measuring up to 3.2m high and a partially buried outer ditch on all sides except the northern where it has been cut by a later track and quarry. There appears to be an entrance to the south. The exact date of the enclosure is unknown. Some sources suggest it is an Iron Age defended settlement whilst others believe it is medieval in origin and is a small ringwork." Using my lat/long to OS grid reference converter I got the ngr for the earthwork to be SO 56429 06436, pretty close to the HE co-ordinates.

This puts the chapel of St Margaret at SO5622306206, see Historic England List ID 1186642, some 300m to the SSE.

It this the same site as your enclosure? Would love to visit. Thanks for submitting this.
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