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<< Text Pages >> Prestbury (Glos) - Chambered Tomb in England in Gloucestershire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Prestbury (Glos) Alternative Name: Giant's Grave
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.8 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Gloucestershire Type: Chambered Tomb

Map Ref: SO984233  Landranger Map Number: 163
Latitude: 51.908233N  Longitude: 2.024665W
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
1 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
3

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Destroyed Chambered Tomb in Gloucestershire

This chambered tomb once stood in a field known as Giant's Grave.

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SO9823 : Byway to the Cotswold Way, near Prestbury by Brian Robert Marshall
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SO9823 : Near the footpath to a farm, east of Prestbury by Brian Robert Marshall
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