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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lyneham Long BarrowCountry: England
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County: Oxfordshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Chipping Norton Nearest Village: Ascott-under-Wychwood
Map Ref: SP29752107 Landranger Map Number: OL45
Latitude: 51.887399N Longitude: 1.569148W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Brian_Eyes visited on 1st Nov 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Was here at sunset which was very beautiful, of course a wonderful view for the ancestors across the Cotswolds to the west. The barrow is kind of in the corner of a field with one big stone at its eastern end.
h_fenton hamish NickyD have visited here
Just a few hundred yards from here is some fascinating shamanic lore. Turner [1993] describes how at the old quarry on the other side of the road from the long barrow where Pudlicote Lane begins, "Local legend claims that many years ago an old lady known as 'Gran' lived in a cave in the quarry, where she kept a hoard of old gold sovereigns. No one knows what became of the old lady, but in more recent times there have been several sightings of a ghostly figure in the vicinity of the old quarry."
J. A. Brooks [1992] reports that at the crossroads just above this standing stone, where the prehistoric camp is, "[H]er ghost in the form of a 'white lady', is supposed to haunt the... junction here.
Text from "The Old Stones of Rollright and District" by Paul Bennett and Tom Wilson, used with thanks.
For more information also see The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) entry for Lyneham Barrow, Ascot-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, Pastscape Monument No. 332607, and for scheduling information refer to Historic England List ID 1015413.
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