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<< Text Pages >> White Sheet Hill - Long Barrow in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 21 May 2016  Page Views: 1971

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: White Sheet Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Wiltshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Shaftesbury  Nearest Village: Donhead St Andrew
Map Ref: ST94242419
Latitude: 51.017056N  Longitude: 2.083489W
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
no data 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
5
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Long Barrow in Wiltshire

A 43 metre long barrow, 20m wide and 2m tall, with a well preserved ditch, 8m wide and 1.3m deep.

Pastscape monument no. 210660
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST9424 : Old Milestone on Whitesheet Hill, Berwick St John Parish by M Faherty
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ST9424 : Old Milestone on Whitesheet Hill, Berwick St John Parish by Katherine Grugeon
by Katherine Grugeon
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ST9424 : Newly cut field on White Sheet Hill by David Martin
by David Martin
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ST9324 : White Sheet Hill, Donhead St Andrew by David Howard
by David Howard
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ST9324 : White Sheet Hill, seen from the A30 by David Martin
by David Martin
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Re: White Sheet Hill by Zooks777 on Thursday, 19 August 2021
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Box-shaped feature with distinct side ditches on Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to CamRA) trending ENE-WSW. Central rob-pit
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