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Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 24 September 2002  Page Views: 7398

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lechmore Tump Alternative Name: Horsley I; Ledgemore
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Long Barrow

Map Ref: ST86049783  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.679059N  Longitude: 2.203301W
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.
no data 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.
no data 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
4

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4clydesdale7 visited on 30th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 This is one for Ley Liners - excellent sight lines - site not too badly overgrown for May - makes up for any disappointment at Oldfield Wood

Lechmore Tump
Lechmore Tump submitted by vieveforward : Seen from the public footpath. This Cotswold-Severn type long barrow was 120 ft long by 65 ft wide, oriented east-west. In 1812 one chamber remained, but this was destroyed before 1870. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Lechmore Tump submitted by rogerkread : Plenty of largish stones on the tump - parts of the original construction? (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lechmore Tump submitted by rogerkread : View from the north west - a low but pleasing tump. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lechmore Tump submitted by rogerkread : Sheep are keeping the vegetation down on Lechmore Tump these days. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Lechmore Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The site from the NE (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lechmore Tump
Lechmore Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The portal names this as Lechmore whereas the OS refers to it as Ledgemore - there is also a tumulus nearby - this photo shows the site from the east

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Re: Lechmore by 4clydesdale7 on Monday, 30 May 2011
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If you follow OS naming this should be Ledgemore near Horsley
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