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<< Text Pages >> Swinley Copse Barrows - Round Barrow(s) in England in Oxfordshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Swinley Copse Barrows
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Oxfordshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Ashbury
Map Ref: SU27318159
Latitude: 51.532561N  Longitude: 1.60768W
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
no data 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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Round Barrow(s) in Oxfordshire

From Pastscape: "The remains of three probable Bronze Age round barrows mapped from aerial photographs."
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU2781 : Swinley Copse by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2006(licence)
SU2781 : Footpath Across the Barley Field near Ashdown Park by Pam Brophy
by Pam Brophy
©2005(licence)
SU2781 : Swinley Copse by Vieve Forward
by Vieve Forward
©2018(licence)
SU2781 : Farmland, Ashbury by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2024(licence)
SU2781 : Swinley Down by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2006(licence)

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