<< Our Photo Pages >> West Tump - Long Barrow in England in Gloucestershire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Tump Alternative Name: Brimpsfield ICountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Gloucester Nearest Village: Cranham
Map Ref: SO9112213241 Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.817724N Longitude: 2.130199W
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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TheCaptain visited on 31st May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and on the way back to Cranham I made a diversion into the woods to find this long barrow. It’s a massive lump, now mostly cleared of trees, and built in an east to west sense, significantly bigger at the eastern end, which was no doubt the main entrance.
drolaf visited on 27th Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 access can be from road, park near old timber yard.
Dabberdave visited on 15th Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Looks like some tree clearance work has been done on the mound quite recently. It was quite easy to find, about a 10 minute walk from a rough parking place on the B4070.
4clydesdale7 visited on 23rd Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Not that hard to find - just keep walking up hill from the sawmills (along a pathway that starts -left- between the gate to the sawmills and the gate by the old cricket pavilion and then take the second oblique right keeping the higher part of the hill/wood just slightly to the left of your direction of travel) - just short of the top is West Tump - worth the effort
hamish SteveJJones have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 3.75
There is also what might be a ww2 bunker nearby. Trees on the barrow have been felled and brushwood marks the barrow borders, and acts as a barrier to off road bicycles. The barrow's future seems secure.
Hamish writes: This is the very devil to find but here we go. Follow Buckle road to the saw mills and park there. Walk back up the road for about 100mtrs look for a mountain bike track on the right. Follow this track,cross a horsey path and follow track 'till you reach a wide horsey path. Follow this path up the hill ,when you reach the top cut to the right across the woods - no path here - you will see the Barrow through the trees.
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