<< Our Photo Pages >> The Giant's Stone (Gloucestershire) - Chambered Cairn in England in Gloucestershire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Giant's Stone (Gloucestershire) Alternative Name: Bisley-with-Lypiatt IVCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: SO918061 Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.753530N Longitude: 2.120192W
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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oldman visited on 1st Feb 2018 Bumped into an archaeologist surveying the site when we visited and he seemed to think that there was a lot more to discover here.
4clydesdale7 visited on 2nd Oct 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Found thanks to excellent map from www.old-maps.co.uk
hamish have visited here
This stone which stand near a field called 'Giants Grave' is possibly the last remains of a chambered cairn.
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