<< Our Photo Pages >> New King Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Wiltshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: New King Barrows Alternative Name: King Barrow RidgeCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Marlborough Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU13454222 Landranger Map Number: 184
Latitude: 51.179058N Longitude: 1.808966W
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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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 3.25 Access: 3.25
From SolarMegalith: New King barrow cemetery consists of 6 aligned Bronze Age barrows - 4 bowl barrows and 2 bell barrows.
Amesbury 27 bell barrow - 4,2 m high bell barrow with partly preserved quarry ditch. Pastscape.
Amesbury 28 bell barrow - a large bell barrow of 49 m diameter, partly disturbed at the east. Pastscape.
Amesbury 29 bowl barrow - a Bronze Age bowl barrow of 51 m diameter, partly disturbed at the east. Pastscape
Amesbury 30 bowl barrow - a 3,2 m high bowl barrow of 41 m diameter. Pastscape.
Amesbury 31 bowl barrow - a well-preserved bowl barrow with partly preserved quarry ditch. Pastscape.
Amesbury 32 bowl barrow - the most northernly located barrow has 44 m in diameter and 2,6 m of height.
The barrow cemetery is perfectly visible from the distance, especially from Stonehenge.
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