<< Our Photo Pages >> Big Tree Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Big Tree Long Barrow Alternative Name: Buckland Down, MadbarrowCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Frome Nearest Village: Buckland Dinham
Map Ref: ST72735172
Latitude: 51.263979N Longitude: 2.392225W
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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More detailed information is available from the site page on the Somerset Historic Environment Record, which describes it as a "chambered long barrow". Any large stones have long since disappeared; some were supposed to have been broken up and used when the nearby road was metalled.
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