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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Charmborough HillCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Chambered Tomb
Map Ref: ST678513 Landranger Map Number: 183
Latitude: 51.259944N Longitude: 2.462842W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Chambered Tomb with Long Mound in Somerset
Two parallel stones and what may be a roofing stone survive at the eastern end of this disturbed long mound. The site was excavated by Dobson in 1909 when he found 'human remains closely packed together in groups, generally between vertical stones, and sometimes overlain with slabs of stone'. They were all found 'in one part of the mound, and at the base of two which still stand, apparently in their oroginal position, at the east entrance of the barrow.'
References
Megalithic Enquiries in the West of Britain, T.G.E.Powell et Al (Liverpool 1969)
The Archaeology of Somerset, D.P.Dobson (1931)
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