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<< Our Photo Pages >> Old King Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 10 October 2006  Page Views: 12854

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Old King Barrows Alternative Name: King Barrow Ridge
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: SU13604280  Landranger Map Number: 184
Latitude: 51.184270N  Longitude: 1.806798W
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:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
3 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
5

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Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : Old King Barrows are a more sparsely grouped cluster than the New, and as typical of most of them, either closed in by, or topped by Beech Trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Wiltshire. One of the many barrow cemeteries around Stonehenge, located in two beech woods on the skyline to the east.

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Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : Winter Solstice 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by PaulM : The Old King Barrows close to Stonehenge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by SolarMegalith : Amesbury 34 bowl barrow - view from the east (photo taken on November 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old King Barrows, New King Barrows
Old King Barrows, New King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : One of the National Trust interpretive signs for both Old and New King Barrows, and the landscape. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by Bladup : Lidar image of The Old King Barrows Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by Bladup : The barrow to the North of the most Southerly Barrow at the Old King Barrows

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by Bladup : The most Southerly of the Old King Barrows

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by Bladup : Old King Barrows, The Southern Barrow

New/Old King Barrows
New/Old King Barrows submitted by Hrvoje : Sunset Alignments of New/Old King Barrows

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by SolarMegalith : Amesbury 37 bowl barrow is 2,2 m high. View from the south (photo taken on November 2011).

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by SolarMegalith : Amesbury 36 bowl barrow is 1,8 m high and has 21 m in diameter - view from the SW (photo taken on November 2011).

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by SolarMegalith : Amesbury 33 bowl barrow, the most sothernly located burial mound of Old King Barrows (photo taken on November 2011).

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by SolarMegalith : Partly mutilated Amesbury 35 bowl barrow, part of Old King Barrows cemetery (photo taken on November 2011).

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by AngieLake : This low mound is in a field to the east as you walk between the New and the Old King Barrows, but I am sure it's north of The Avenue's area.

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by AngieLake : Lovely old beech trees stand guard on the Old King Barrows. May 2010.

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by AngieLake : Lovely new green leaves opening up above the Old King Barrows in May 2010.

Old King Barrows, New King Barrows
Old King Barrows, New King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : One of the National Trust interpretive signs for both Old and New King Barrows, and the landscape.

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : Old King Barrows are a more sparsely grouped cluster than the New, and as typical of most of them, either closed in by, or topped by Beech Trees.

Old King Barrows
Old King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : Old King Barrows are a more sparsely grouped cluster than the New, and as typical of most of them, either closed in by, or topped by Beech Trees.

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