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<< Text Pages >> Fittleton 5 Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Thursday, 07 March 2013  Page Views: 2936

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fittleton 5 Long Barrow
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Wiltshire Type: Long Barrow

Map Ref: SU19885166
Latitude: 51.263754N  Longitude: 1.71646W
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.
no data 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.
no data 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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Long Barrow in Wiltshire

A Neolithic long barrow of 45 x 17m dimensions and maximum height of 1.5 m. It was recorded as Fittleton 5 by Grinsell.

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