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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grickstone Farm - Chambered Tomb in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 14 April 2004  Page Views: 9267

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grickstone Farm Alternative Name: Horton I
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Chipping Sodbury  Nearest Village: Horton
Map Ref: ST78278327  Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.547899N  Longitude: 2.314768W
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.
3 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.
3 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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TheCaptain visited on 13th Apr 2004 - their rating: Cond: 1 This long barrow has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level

Grickstone Farm
Grickstone Farm submitted by TheCaptain : Grickstone Farm Long Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST783833. This long barrow, once possibly a chambered tomb, has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This long barrow has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level.

The long barrow was the subject of an "excavation" in about 1844, and three lateral chambers were identified. There is nothing to be seen today.
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Re: Grickstone Farm by TheCaptain on Sunday, 14 January 2007
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This long barrow was the subject of an "excavation" in about 1844, and three lateral chambers were identified. There is nothing to be seen today.
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Re: Grickstone Farm by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 13 April 2004
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This long barrow has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level.
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