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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Saturday, 08 September 2012 Page Views: 4912
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cold Ashton Round Barrows Alternative Name: Cold Ashton 1 and 2Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Bath Nearest Village: Cold Ashton
Map Ref: ST73257045
Latitude: 51.432414N Longitude: 2.386186W
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 6th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Bit of a 'claggy' walk east along the Cotswold Way from the Civil War Battlefield just north of Lansdown but when you get there it is so peaceful - some lovely views
They lie just north of the Cotswold Way below and to the east of the site of a great battle in fought on 5th July 1643 at Lansdown near Bath Racecourse during the English Civil War - on walking along the road between Lansdown and Wick the battlefield is just to the east of the road and is marked out with orange metal flags - about 1km further east along the Cotswold Way the pair of barrows are tucked away in the SE corner of a small field above Goudie's Farm - and they are in a splendidly peaceful setting.
The Easterly Barrow is topped by a stunted tree with limited foliage and is slightly taller (1.7m) than the Westerly Barrow (approx 1m) - they were excavated in 1909 when a substantial number of flints and cores were unearthed - not surprising when you are near Toghill.
Mentioned in the Transactions of Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1960 Vol 79 part 1 page 109 and on the pastscape website South Gloucestershire: Cold Ashton: 204969; a very enjoyable walk with some gorgeous views.
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