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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lugbury
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.0 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Chambered Tomb
 Nearest Village: Littleton Drew
Map Ref: ST83097856  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.505716N  Longitude: 2.245031W
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.
 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.
 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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4clydesdale7 visited on 28th Aug 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 This could be a wonderful site to visit if someone showed some care and do some maintenance otherwise one day it will disappear into a veritable jungle - the visible stones are really impressive

TheCaptain visited on 13th Apr 2004 - their rating: Access: 4 This large long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the west of the Fosse Way. The remains of the barrow can clearly still be made out, and although the mound is now mostly gone, it is still clearly raised above the level of the field. The main remains of this tomb are however a large chamber at the eastern end, consisting of two large (2m) upright stones, with a fallen capstone leaning on them from behind. This capstone has a strange notch in it, which is now at the ground edge, nearer to the northern upright. It is said that this barrow once had four side chambers, which were found to have the remains of many skeletons in them.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Access: 3.5

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Lugbury submitted by theCaptain : Was passing by Lugbury at the weekend, a damp and misty February day, so I called in for a look to see how it was faring, and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the growth has been cleared from around the stones, and most of the junk and tree trunks have been cleared from the remains of the mound. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb with long mound in Wiltshire. Within this badly damaged long mound are the remains of four chambers on the southern side.

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : Lugbury can get a touch overgrown, believe it or not this isn't that bad. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lugbury submitted by SolarMegalith : Front part of the long barrow - view from the East (photo taken on July 2008). (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lugbury submitted by theCaptain : Was passing by Lugbury at the weekend, a damp and misty February day, so I called in for a look to see how it was faring, and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the growth has been cleared from around the stones, and most of the junk and tree trunks have been cleared from the remains of the mound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lugbury submitted by SolarMegalith : Overgrown remains of the burial chamber of Lugbury long barrow (photo taken on July 2008). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lugbury submitted by theCaptain : A view through the hole in the bottom of the backstone (or is it a capstone) is now possible.

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Lugbury submitted by theCaptain : Was passing by Lugbury at the weekend, a damp and misty February day, so I called in for a look to see how it was faring, and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the growth has been cleared from around the stones, and most of the junk and tree trunks have been cleared from the remains of the mound.

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : 29th May 2020, 13.14pm. (4 comments)

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : A bit bloody green isn't it

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Lugbury submitted by theCaptain : Was passing by Lugbury at the weekend, a damp and misty February day, so I called in for a look to see how it was faring, and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the growth has been cleared from around the stones, and most of the junk and tree trunks have been cleared from the remains of the mound. (1 comment)

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Lugbury submitted by thecaptain : What a disappointment this 60 metre length long barrow has become, with its remaining large stone portal structure completely overgrown. The rest of the barrow doesn't fare much better, with large tree trunks and other stuff just dumped on it, while it also looks like it has been ploughed up to a bit closer than I remember.

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Lugbury submitted by hamish : I should have come here in the spring ,the vegetation is very thick at this time of the year.Never mind,getting here was adventurous .A very large herd of "cows" tried their best to dissuade me, but as you see Angie,I made it unscathed.This must have been quite a sight when it was intact.The central stone 12ft by 6ft the mound was 219ft long 78ft wide.There was a grave at the eastern end containin...

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : Are some of them cupmarks ?

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : It's not readily apparent but I've tidied up a bit first before doing photography.

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : I'm freeee, as free as a bird, are birds free? they look it.

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Lugbury submitted by Postman : Surrounded by farmland

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Lugbury submitted by Bladup : Lugbury.

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Lugbury submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The overgrown False Portal from the south

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Lugbury submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The overgrown False Portal from the west

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Lugbury submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The overgrown False Portal from the north

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Lugbury submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The South side from WSW

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Lugbury submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The North side from WNW

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Lugbury submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Looking East from the West down the Barrow

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Lugbury submitted by theCaptain : Having now been cleared of overgrowth, the large stones of the false portal can now be seen on their mound. Pity the field has been used for a maize crop last season.

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Re: Lugbury by Anonymous on Wednesday, 21 February 2024
I last went there in may 2023 with my dog jeff and had a nice time in the sun taking in the solar energy and tuning into the earth andy the witchyman
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Re: Lugbury by Anonymous on Tuesday, 11 July 2023
I went there a few weeks ago with my dog jeff and tuned into mother earth. andy the witchyman
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Re: Lugbury by Anonymous on Tuesday, 22 November 2022
I find lugbury longbarrow a very sacred place and i went again earlier this year with my last dog but next time it will be with my new dog called jeff. andy the witchyman
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    Re: Lugbury by Anonymous on Saturday, 07 January 2023
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Re: Lugbury by Anonymous on Wednesday, 09 March 2016
I went to lugbury longbarrow on 7th march, with my collie dog sam & was pleased to see the undergrowth has been cleared away from the barrow making it more impressive again, andy stage name-the witchyman
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Re: Lugbury by Anonymous on Wednesday, 02 March 2016
I go to lugbury longbarrow once or twice a year with my collie dog as I love ancient sites. I made a short film about it which I showed at the cube cinema, bristol. It is on you tube under chippenham movie and video club, which I used to be a member of.
Andy stage name-theWitchyman.
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Re: Lugbury by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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Despite the fact that this formidable Long Barrow has suffered many excavations and is now under yearly attack from the plough it has quite a strong presence being some 60m long (West to East) 20m wide (North to South) and about 1.5m high - it is reasonably easy to visit along a Bridleway some 300m WNW of the Fosseway -

Early excavations disclosed three chambers which contained the remains of several adults and children of both sexes - the currently highly visible stones mark a false portal at the eastern end but the brambles are beginning to smother them - there is no remaining evidence of any side ditches -

Mentioned on pastscape - Wiltshire; Nettleton; 208304 Position ST83057855 - the site is still quite impressive
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Re: Lugbury by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 09 February 2010
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Was passing by Lugbury at the weekend, with a bit of time to spare, so I called in for a look to see how it was faring, and was pleasantly surprised. Most of the growth has been cleared from around the stones, and most of the junk and tree trunks have been cleared from the remains of the mound.

However, it was not 100% good news, as the field had clearly been used for maize last season, and so had turned it into a muddy mess to walk across, and the mound looks to have been closely ploughed up to.

So, somebody somewhere has started to care for this place again.
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Re: Lugbury by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 18 September 2007
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Lugbury is another place I haven't visited in many years, despite driving almost right past it dozens of times each year, so as I was had plenty of time on my way back home on Sunday, I called in for a look.

What a disappointment this 60 metre length long barrow has become, with its remaining large stone portal structure completely overgrown. In fact, it is now so overgrown that without a good close look, it's almost impossible to tell that there are any stones in there at all. The rest of the barrow doesn't fare much better, with large tree trunks and other stuff just dumped on it, while it also looks like it has been ploughed up to a bit closer than I remember.

This place is in need of a bit of good old TLC.
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