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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Soldier's Grave
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Stroud  Nearest Village: Nympsfield
Map Ref: SO79350150  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.711848N  Longitude: 2.300275W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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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lichen visited on 5th Aug 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

4clydesdale7 visited on 17th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This is quite different from Buckholt Wood, Bown Hill, Nympsfield and HPT (all in the same area) in that it is very definitely Round rather than Long

TheWhiteRider visited on 21st Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 14th Mar 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This large round barrow can be found on the top of the Cotswold escarpment just into the woods at the northwest corner of the country park / picnic area, a couple of hundred yards to the north of Nympsfield long barrow. It is said to be a really unusual round barrow from the Neolithic, and not a Bronze Age round barrow at all! The top of the barrow has a very large depression in it, where it has been cut into in the past. From Grinsell - Barrows in England and Wales, “a boat-shaped hollow lined with dry-stone walling, in which were the remains of up to 44 individuals, mostly unburnt”. There are several fairly large bits of stone laying around nearby, which once may have formed part of the structure.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.75 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain : This large round barrow can be found on the top of the Cotswold escarpment just into the woods at the northwest corner of the country park / picnic area, a couple of hundred yards to the north of Nympsfield long barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This large round barrow can be found on the top of the Cotswold escarpment just into the woods at the northwest corner of the country park / picnic area, a couple of hundred yards to the north of Nympsfield long barrow. It is said to be a really unusual round barrow from the Neolithic, and not a Bronze Age round barrow at all!

The top of the barrow has a very large depression in it, where it has been cut into in the past. From Grinsell - Barrows in England and Wales, “a boat-shaped hollow lined with dry-stone walling, in which were the remains of up to 44 individuals, mostly unburnt”. There are several fairly large bits of stone laying around nearby, which once may have formed part of the structure.
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Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by Horatio : From this angle the chamber/cairn doesn't look 'too' forsaken. From what I can gather the jury is out on the actual date of construction, either late Neolithic to early Bronze Age. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soldier's Grave submitted by Horatio : Ridden over, walked over, vandalised , dug into, used as a fireplace and dog toilet! The archeological finds included the remains of between 28 and 44 individuals. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soldier's Grave submitted by rogerkread : Soldier's grave crater being used as a fireplace it seems. But an attractive setting in spring amidst bluebells. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Soldier's Grave submitted by 4clydesdale7 : This is the first glimpse you catch on the approach from Nympsfield to the South (Vote or comment on this photo)

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by 4clydesdale7 : When you get there it is easy to see from where 44 skeletons were removed by the Victorians - the hole in the top is really quite deep. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain : Looking rather like a crater in the top of a volcano, the top of the soldiers grave barrow

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain : This large round barrow can be found on the top of the Cotswold escarpment just into the woods at the northwest corner of the country park / picnic area, a couple of hundred yards to the north of Nympsfield long barrow.

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain : The top of the barrow has a very large depression in it, where it has been cut into in the past. From Grinsell - Barrows in England and Wales, “a boat-shaped hollow lined with dry-stone walling, in which were the remains of up to 44 individuals, mostly unburnt”.

Soldier's Grave
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain : There are several fairly large bits of stone laying around nearby, which once may have formed part of the structure.

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Re: Soldier's Grave by 4clydesdale7 on Friday, 17 June 2011
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This Round Barrow is in stark contrast to its neighbours and quite refreshingly so. Nympsfield, HPT, Buckholt Wood and Bown Hill are all Long Barrows. The crater in the top is quite deep - the photos do not do it justice. It is easy to imagine where 44 skeletons came from - someone must have told them to stop digging! - mind you with the hole that deep it is easy to understand why the discarded capstones are so close by. I really enjoyed my visit - great atmosphere
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Re: Soldier's Grave by coldrum on Sunday, 03 January 2010
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The following information from Pastscape.

"A round cairn of Early Bronze Age (or possibly Late Neolithic) date located circa 200 metres north of the Nympsfield long barrow (SO 70 SE 6) on the escarpment edge overlooking the vale of Berkeley. It was excavated in 1937, although by then it had been considerably disturbed, presumably by earlier unrecorded excavations. In 1937, it was measured at 56 feet in diameter and 7 feet high, although the previous unrecorded digging had left the centre resembling a large crater rather than a mound. The mound consisted entirely of stone, with no earth content. A stone kerb also appears to have originally surrounded the foot of the mound. Beneath the centre was a rock-cut boat-shaped pit lined with drystone walling, the "pointy" end facing south. The pit is presumed to have been covered originally by slabs, some being found in the nearby woodland. The pit was a maximum 11 feet in length and 4.5 feet wide, and was up to 3.75 feet deep. The pit contained a large quantity of disturbed, disarticulated and fragmented human remains representing between 28 and 44 individuals, adult and children, male and female all being represented. Some animal bones (ox, pig and dog) were also in the pit, as were two sherds of pottery. Some potsehrds were also found on the edge of the pit, while further sherds and animal bones were contained within the mound, along with the skeletal remains of a further adult male. The pottery was considered at the time to be Early Bronze Age, although the sherds are undiagnostic and effectively undated. The collective nature of the burials has prompted comparisons with Neolithic burial practices, although again the remains are effectively undated."

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