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<< Our Photo Pages >> Round Hill Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by Infinite_Fate on Sunday, 01 January 2006  Page Views: 5120

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Round Hill Barrow
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Derby  Nearest Village: Barrow upon Trent
Map Ref: SK33342832
Latitude: 52.851352N  Longitude: 1.506361W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
1 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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Round Hill Barrow
Round Hill Barrow submitted by Infinite_Fate : Taken with the same wildly inappropriate film as Swarkestone Butts. This is a shot looking East from the track mentioned above; clearly as it would be illegal for me to be there taking the photograph I had to ask the piskies to do the photography for me. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Derbyshire

I've only viewed this from a hundred feet or so away as it's in the middle of a crop field and I didn't want to go wading through the farmer's livelihood. As a result all figures are pure guesswork! I'd say the mound itself was about 10 feet high with a diameter of 25 feet. It appears to still be perfectly (hemi-)spherical. I couldn't hazard a guess as to whether or not there was once a moat or ditch surrounding it.

In the otherwise level field it rises from the ground quite dramatically and is certainly worth taking a look at but with one proviso: access is not legal in the strictest sense of the word. There is a track passing through the field which is accessible from a gate on the A5132 but the gate is locked which suggests that one should keep out.
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Re: Round Hill Barrow by coldrum on Sunday, 04 December 2011
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"A probable later prehistoric round barrow and possible henge are visible as an earthwork and cropmarks on air photographs. The henge is visible as a cropmark curvilinear ditched enclosure. It has two possible entrances to the north-west and south-east, though not opposing one another. A narrow ditch extends to the north-west from the henge entrance. The possible round barrow is central to the henge is said to contain the remains of Civil War casualties. "

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