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<< Our Photo Pages >> Watergate Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by davidmorgan on Thursday, 10 May 2012  Page Views: 4461

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Watergate Long Barrow
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Amesbury  Nearest Village: Bulford
Map Ref: SU1635643051
Latitude: 51.186455N  Longitude: 1.767356W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 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
 4

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Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : View from the track that passes on the Western side of the site. One of the three water tanks can be seen. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Neolithic long barrow in a copse called Longbarrow Clump just south of the River Avon.

Pastscape monument 219256.
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Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : Showing the vandalism that has occurred here. The footings (breeze blocks) for probably two of the water tanks that have now been pushed off and lay abandoned on the Southern flank of the barrow. There is a third tank present that is deep in the brambles and undergrowth. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : The top of the barrow. Talking to a local resident the area is frequented by youths who use it as a drinking den. The artwork would point towards that being true. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : This picture isn't quite all doom and gloom as it first appears. Note in the foreground the evidence of chain saw use. It seems a tree came down and was cut up and removed. All of it not just the part that was blocking the road to the farmhouse. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : From the top, looking North, showing general rubbish that some has been there for quite a long time. Mainly debris from the water tank base or pipework. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : Picture of Watergate Long Barrow. Sorry I'm mistaken, the Water Filled Water Tank on top of Watergate Long Barrow. Maybe they're hoping it will be declared a nature reserve and not need to clean the area up! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : There are three of these discarded water tanks on the site. How they have got away with erecting them and then just leaving them there when scrap I'd like to know. Somebody must know who this needs pointing out to and the site cleaning up.

Watergate Long Barrow
Watergate Long Barrow submitted by BareClawz : From the Northern side, showing how overgrown this site has been for many years for the trees to achieve the size they have. If I hadn't known it was a Long Barrow I'd not have been able to recognise it as such. (1 comment)

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Re: Watergate Long Barrow by Zooks777 on Thursday, 19 August 2021
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Despite woodland cover, clear 40 x 20 m, E-W feature on Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to CamRA). Somewhat ravaged
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Re: Watergate Long Barrow by TheCaptain on Monday, 14 May 2012
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