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<< Text Pages >> Roystone Grange 1 - Round Barrow(s) in England in Derbyshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Roystone Grange 1
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Matlock  Nearest Village: Aldwark
Map Ref: SK204571  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.110701N  Longitude: 1.696705W
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.
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
3

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Excavations at a barrow at Roystone Grange, Ballidon by Andy B on Friday, 28 April 2023
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Barnatt, J. W. (1996). Excavations at a barrow at Roystone Grange, Ballidon, Derbyshire, 1993.. The Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 116. Vol 116, pp. 12-26.
https://doi.org/10.5284/1066554
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3202668&recordType=Journal
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