<< Our Photo Pages >> Fox Covert Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Wiltshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fox Covert BarrowsCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Map Ref: SU07536873
Latitude: 51.417537N Longitude: 1.893106W
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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SolarMegalith visited on 7th Jun 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Avebury 10 bowl barrow is the most easterly located one, it is 2.0 m high.
Avebury 11 bowl barrow is a 1.2 m high ditch-less bowl barrow located between no 10. and 12.
Avebury 12 bowl barrow is the most westernly located barrow, it is 29 m in diameter and and 1.8 m high.
Avebury 13 saucer barrow has almost completely faded, it is only 0.4 m high.
Pastscape: Bronze Age round barrows near Fox Covert. (Grinsell's 10-13 and 16a). 10-12 are bowl barrows, and all are extant as earthwork mounds. 10 was excavated by Colt Hoare in the early 19th century, and contained a probable primary cremation. A Beaker sherd has also been recovered from the mound. 13 is a saucer barrow. 16a is a barrow excavated by Merewether in 1849, and which produced a decorated urn. The precise location of the barrow is uncertain but it is thought to have been close to this group.
Source: Pastscape
Note: A lovely example of a saucer barrow, "Avebury 13", only 0.4m high
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