<< Our Photo Pages >> Starveall - Chambered Tomb in England in Gloucestershire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Starveall Alternative Name: Hawkesbury IICountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Chipping Sodbury Nearest Village: Hawkesbury Upton
Map Ref: ST79408792 Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.589751N Longitude: 2.298747W
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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TheCaptain visited on 8th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I revisited this barrow June 2021 to see what sort of state it is now in. All shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection.
steerroger visited on 11th Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Has had a bit of care and attention.
TheCaptain visited on 7th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I revisited this barrow August 2015 to see what sort of state it is now in. What a disappointment and disgrace. The poor thinghas been shorn of all growth on it and looks to be much smaller than the pictures of 4clydesdale7 from 2011. It's no doubt slowly (or rapidly on a longbarrow lifespan timescale) just becoming a part of the field here and will soon be all gone.
4clydesdale7 visited on 29th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 On its last legs - recent what seems to be destructive work
SolarMegalith visited on 23rd Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4
TheCaptain visited on 8th Mar 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Looking in much better condition than in the past, the surrounding field is still pasture, and has a new fence around it. There is now a little parking area beside the little lane, and a gate through which you can walk to go visit the barrow.
TheCaptain visited on 26th Mar 2006 I revisited this barrow March 2006. The field it is in has now been fenced, and a gate with parking area situated near to the barrow. The field is no longer ploughed, and looks to be made ready for livestock. The rubbish which was piled on top of the barrow has been cleared and it all looks nicely tidied up. Pity that so much of it has been recently lost to the surrounding field, but things look less bleak for the barrow. I saw no signs of any chambers.
TheCaptain visited on 28th Mar 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4 I visited this barrow this afternoon. Its getting in a very poor state. The ploughed field surrounding it is eating away at the mound. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field. And there is the remains of a massive dead tree which has died and pulled down lots more stone along one edge. I saw no sign of any chamber, but it was all covered with vegetation and rubble thrown onto it.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.29 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.14
The longbarrow remains are now shorn of all trees and tidied up, having previously been covered with trees, some old and falling, and much of the barrow has been ploughed out into the adjacent field.
It was said to have been surrounded by a dry-stone wall, but this is not readily apparent, and the edges these days are probably just part of the original stone built interior, where the ploughing has cut into it.
It is possible that the barrow contained a chambered tomb, but there are no obvious remains of this to be seen under the growth which now covers the top of the mound.
In the field to the north is the remains of a round barrow.
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