<< Our Photo Pages >> Througham - Chambered Tomb in England in Gloucestershire
Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 24 September 2002 Page Views: 7282
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Througham Alternative Name: Bisley-with-Lypiatt IICountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb
Map Ref: SO911074 Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.765207N Longitude: 2.130366W
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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4clydesdale7 visited on 20th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 1 Access: 3 What is it with the farming community in the Bisley (Glos) area? - this is just a dumping ground much like another site about 2 miles further south
This Long Barrow is now in a most pitiful state. The southern half of the Barrow was overwhelmed in 1833 when a Cottage and Pigsties were built, but now all respect for an Ancient Monument and Burial Chamber has been lost. It seems to have become a general dumping ground somewhat akin to another Barrow not too far south in the same parish. The Barrow was, even after its battle with the pigs, 30m Long 15m Wide just under 2m high and orientated E-W - it now it defies description. Mentioned in G Witts epic work on Gloucestershire as Long Barrow No. 32 and in the Daniel/Corcoran Gazetteer as GLO71 it also is begrudgingly alluded to by pastscape not by a name just a monument number 117149 - how are the mighty fallen! Position SO 91080743; it is rather hard to get to see it even though it seems to be less than 75m from a road - the cottage and pigsties get in the way.
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