<< Our Photo Pages >> Five Barrows (Northumberland) - Barrow Cemetery in England in Northumberland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Five Barrows (Northumberland)Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: Holystone
Map Ref: NT953020 Landranger Map Number: 81
Latitude: 55.312061N Longitude: 2.075594W
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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w650marion visited on 26th Jan 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Balancing on logs dropped over the flooded parts of the footpath by the bridge, then tussock hopping over the boggy areas, but nicer walking over the ridge top to look for the barrows.
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