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<< Our Photo Pages >> Old Bath Road Tumulus - Round Barrow(s) in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by vieveforward on Friday, 24 March 2017  Page Views: 1887

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Old Bath Road Tumulus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Wiltshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Yatesbury
Map Ref: SU06746963
Latitude: 51.425639N  Longitude: 1.90445W
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:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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4 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
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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
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TheCaptain visited on 4th Oct 1998 Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue

Old Bath Road Tumulus
Old Bath Road Tumulus submitted by vieveforward : Bronze Age round barrow with WW2 gun emplacement inserted into it. One of the brick entrances can be seen from this side. Visited in December 2014. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bronze Age round barrow beside the Old Bath Road (now part of the Wessex Ridgeway) with a Second World War gun emplacement inserted into it. In 1984, Owen Meyrick found a beaker, Middle Bronze Age sherds, shale fragments and human bones superficially around this bowl barrow.

During WW2, the barrow was damaged in order to insert an anti-aircraft post, one of five light anti-aircraft gun emplacements that made up part of the airfield defences of the Radio School at RAF Yatesbury. The extant gun emplacement consists of a twin gun‐pit, blast shelter and zig‐zag blast corridor.
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SU0669 : Round Barrow with WW2 gun emplacement, north of West Down by Vieve Forward
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SU0669 : Round Barrow with WW2 gun emplacement, north of West Down by Vieve Forward
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SU0669 : Entrance to WW2 gun emplacement in round barrow, north of West Down by Vieve Forward
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SU0669 : Entrance to bunker in WW2 gun emplacement in round barrow, north of West Down by Vieve Forward
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SU0669 : Entrance to WW2 gun emplacement in round barrow, north of West Down by Vieve Forward
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