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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 10 November 2011  Page Views: 4598

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Danes Tump Alternative Name: Colerne 1, 2 and 3
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Chippenham  Nearest Village: Slaughterford
Map Ref: ST83547325
Latitude: 51.457985N  Longitude: 2.238298W
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
5

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4clydesdale7 visited on 10th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A lovely unusual site in a beautiful setting

The Danes Tump
The Danes Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Bowl Barrow (C) from the East (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing to the east of a small back road between Thickwood and Slaughterford in the Parish of Colerne is a substantial copse of well established and mature trees beneath which lies a group of three Barrows.

The largest (A) being an early bronze age round barrow and the remaining pair two later bowl barrows (B) and (C). The group was not formally identified until 1945 when the trio was discovered by WJ Dowding the then owner of Slaughterford Paper Mills (now derelict and also worth a visit). Mr Dowding encouraged a local archaeologist AS Mellor to undertake an investigation by excavation resulting in mainly Romano British Iron Age and Bronze Age artefacts being found. The round barrow (A) is about 20m in diameter and 2.75m high - (B) is 10m in diameter and 1m high and (C) is 7m in diameter and about 0.75m high.

The group is a very attractive sight and well worth a visit.

What about the name? The Danes Tump - although pastscape suggests that locals are not familiar with the name, three local farmers I met today were in no doubt about it. All three confirmed the local folklore that a Danish Chieftain was buried in (A) after losing a skirmish with Alfred the Great in the 10th Century when the Danes had a local stronghold in Chippenham.

pastscape 208481 parish Colerne
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The Danes Tump
The Danes Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Bowl Barrow (B) from the Northeast (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Danes Tump
The Danes Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Bowl Barrow (C) with the Round Barrow (A) behind - from the South (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Danes Tump
The Danes Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Round Barrow (A) from the North (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Danes Tump
The Danes Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Round Barrow (A) from the West (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Danes Tump
The Danes Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Copse on approaching from the SW

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