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<< Our Photo Pages >> Crippet's Barrow - Chambered Tomb in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 03 November 2004  Page Views: 11466

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crippet's Barrow Alternative Name: Shurdington long barrow, Coberley I
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Cheltenham  Nearest Village: Shurdington
Map Ref: SO93421739  Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.855060N  Longitude: 2.096942W
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.
 3 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
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TheCaptain visited on 8th Jun 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Walking the Cotswold Way north from Crickley Hill, and I forgot to keep a look out for Crippet's Long Barrow, but at this point the footpath and separate bridleway are well fenced in, so I wouldn't have been able to get to the edge of the woodlands at the top of the hill to have a look anyway. I later got a long distance view from near the radio masts and reservoir entrance, just about making out the large barrow in its tree covered setting.

4clydesdale7 visited on 23rd Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 This could be my favourite - quite easy to get to -

Humbucker hamish have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by Humbucker : Crippet's / Shurdington Long Barrow from the south east. I visited late afternoon in the Autumn of 2017. I had heard of very inquisitive horses in the field, but it was empty when I visited. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A surprisingly high Long Barrow (length 189 feet, maximum width 100' and height 12-20') made into a landscape feature with Scots pines planted on it in 1890.

The area is still called Barrow piece. At the east end, which was excavated before 1779, a flat stone is all that is visible now. In "Archeological Handbook of the county of Gloucester" of 1883 G.B. Witts wrote that the early excavator "uncovered a cromlech in which was found a skeleton and several article of which no satisfactory account can now obtained."

Planting up of the barrow protects from the plough, but the tree roots destroy the barrow features.

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Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by Hweorfa : Clear view from the Cotswold Way. It is an imposing structure - much taller than it seems in the photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by Dabberdave : View from path a short distance from Cotswold Way. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by TheCaptain : Long distance view of Crippet's Long Barrow from the field entrance near the radio masts and reservoir, just about making out the large barrow in its tree covered setting. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by Humbucker : Crippet's / Shurdington from the north, Autumn of 2017. A lovely walk to reach the barrow & as is usual with lots of sites, it was deserted. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing, from "Journal of British Archaeology" via archive.org

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by durhamnature

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by hamish : This is the only information here.

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by hamish : This is a very large barrow, pity about the trees though. There was a skeleton found here,in a clumsy excavation in 1779. It was thought to be a Saxon burial because of a disintegrated helmet. (1 comment)

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by hamish : This appears to be a Horned false portal

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by hamish : This is Crippits/Shurdinton Barrow.Seen from a distance reminds me of Wndmill Tump. (1 comment)

Crippet's Barrow
Crippet's Barrow submitted by Celia_Haddon : CRIPPETS OR SHURDINGTON BARROW, COBERLEY. SO 9342 1737 A surprisingly high long barrow made into a landscape feature by Scots pines planted on it in l890, just off a footpath. Planting up barrow protects from the plough, even tree roots destroy the barrow features. The area is still called Barrow piece. At the east end, which was excavated before l779, a flat stone is all that is visible now. In...

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Re: Crippet's Barrow by Anonymous on Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Was browsing this area on NLS side by side Lidar, comparing to the 1885 OS one inch maps and the old OS has marked Stone Circles in the valley East and slightly North of this barrow. No sign of them today. Does anyone have more information?
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The incredible stories of five of Gloucestershire's hidden ancient wonders by Andy B on Thursday, 02 July 2020
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From Gloucestershire Live: These are some of our county's lesser-known historical sites, dating back thousands of years, from Crippets Long Barrow near Crickley Hill to the mystical Ring at Bishop's Cleeve.

Crippets Long Barrow

Long barrows were a type of burial monument used during the Neolithic period, which began around 6,000 years ago and represents the introduction of farming to Britain.

Burial in long barrows was communal, sometimes with only parts of the skeleton being interred, leading to the belief that these places were built as ‘houses of the dead’ for a community’s collective ancestry, perhaps being used for various ceremonies at important times of the year.

Although situated on private land, the now tree-topped Crippets long barrow can be seen from the Cotswold Way between Leckhampton Hill and Crickley Hill.

If you can imagine the original setting without the more recent neighbouring woodland, you can appreciate just how dramatic its quite deliberate location on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment would have been.

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https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/history/incredible-stories-five-gloucestershires-hidden-3977671
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Re: Shurdington by 4clydesdale7 on Friday, 24 June 2011
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This is well worth a visit and it really is a lot easier to find than the OS Explorer map (179) suggests - what I would call the archetypal Cotswold Long Barrow - a magnificent sight/site (both spellings apply) -
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Re: Shurdington by coldrum on Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=117459
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Re: Shurdington by coldrum on Sunday, 03 January 2010
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The following information from the Pastscape site.

"A Neolithic chambered long barrow, orienated east-west, located immediately below the crest of a hill in the Cotswolds. It is visible as a barrow mound 70 metres long by 34 metres wide and ranging in height from 2 metres to 6 metres. At the eastern end of the mound is an excavated depression, measuring about 20 metres east-west and 14 metres north-south, which contains a flat stone 1.8 metres long. This is thought to be the capstone of a chamber opened during the late 18th century. Two parallel ditches, from which material was excavated during the construction of the monument, lie on either side of the barrow mound to the north and south. These ditches are no longer visible at ground level, having become infilled over the years, but survive as buried features 3 metres wide. Rudder, writing in 1779, recorded that the barrow had been opened some years before. At a depth of 4.9 metres a burial chamber measuring 2.1 metres by 1.2 metres was discovered, containing a skeleton and a 'helmet, which was so corroded by rust that it fell to pieces on the slightest touch'. Scheduled."
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Re: Shurdington by Anonymous on Wednesday, 26 January 2005
Only scores a two? More like a 3, or 3.5. Large and distinct. Well worth a visit. [Updated - thanks]
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