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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cheverton Farm - Round Barrow(s) in England in Isle of Wight

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 24 March 2003  Page Views: 6950

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cheverton Farm
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.587 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Wight Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Shorwell
Map Ref: SZ4450984220  Landranger Map Number: 196
Latitude: 50.655964N  Longitude: 1.371717W
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
 3 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.
 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
 5

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cliffrich visited on 2nd Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 There are two round barrows at this site. One of them is quite noticeable albeit around a meter high at highest point. Roughly 20mtr diameter with quite a distinctive circumference. The second barrow is approx seven meters to the East. Just recognisable if you know what to look for. Again this one is roughly 20mtr diameter but only approx half a meter high. They have probably been ploughed out in the past. Little evidence of excavation. The ambience is ordinary and not much to experience. These two barrows are part of a larger cemetery on the Downs. There are another five barrows here. The most Westward barrows take 25minutes to reach on foot. The other two clumps of barrows are at map ref: SZ4411 8420, and SZ4453 8415. IMPORTANT: all the barrows are on private farm land. I had permission to visit. See videos - Site I, Brighstone end: https://youtu.be/oJ_D-opFkhs Site II, middle barrows: https://youtu.be/m_MAgye1Zo4?t=2 Site III, nearest barrows to Cheverton Farm: https://youtu.be/VVpkwAwbvx8 See also: https://historicengland.org.uk/sitesearch?searchType=Site&search=shorwell%20round%20barrow&page=&filterOption=&facetValues=&pageId=38601&searchResultsPerPage=20

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by RingPaw : Long distance view of area, barrows are in middle distance on the ridge by the tongue of woodland. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round barrows in Isle of Wight

Cliffrich writes: Site I (eastern end of Cheverton Down) SZ4411 8420. Site II (middle clump) SZ4453 8415. Site III (original listing) is accurate, and is closest to Cheverton Farm.

There are a number of bowl barrows near Cheverton Farm, described as 'part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down. The ones nearest to Cheverton Farm are individually scheduled as:
Historic England List ID 1008309;
Historic England List ID 1008308;
Historic England List ID 1008307; and
Twin barrow and bowl barrow:Historic England List ID 1008306
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Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Down II SZ4453 8415. The higher barrow. Cheverton Down I can be seen in the background. As you can see this barrows seems to have been excavated right through the middle (grrr) thereby ruining it (another grrrr) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Down II SZ4453 8415. The two barrows from a different angle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Down II SZ4453 8415. The higher barrow is to the right of this picture, and the lower barrow is in the foreground and towards the left (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Down II SZ4453 8415. This is a pic of the higher of the two barrows on this site. This site is the middle clump of barrows which forms part of the barrow cemetery. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Downs I - SZ 4411 8420. The fourth barrow seems to be elusive, however there was, what looked like, a gravel bank between two of the barrows and this may have been the fourth barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Downs I - SZ 4411 8420

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Cheverton Downs I - SZ 4411 8420. There are supposed to be four barrows here but I could only find three. Found next to a gravel pit. Approx a 25min walk (3 comments)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : SZ4411 8420 Barrow Cemetery. Cheverton Down I. Western end of Cheverton Down. Possible earthworks of an ancient field system in foreground. Barrow to the right of picture in distance

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Site III: This pic shows the larger barrow to the right, and the smaller (lower) barrow to the left

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by cliffrich : Site III: The larger of the two barrows

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by ringpaw : View of Barrow, August 2007 - it shows up more now than when I took my previous photos.

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by RingPaw : Site from bridleway to south. (1 comment)

Cheverton Farm
Cheverton Farm submitted by RingPaw : Large barrow up ridge to the west at SZ443841. Long-shot, no nearby access.

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Re: Cheverton Farm by cliffrich on Wednesday, 13 March 2019
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[updated. thank you! admin] I notice that the condition etc fields have not been completed so here's what I found:
Condition: 3
Ambience: 3
Access: 3
Accuracy: 5
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Re: Cheverton Farm by cliffrich on Saturday, 09 March 2019
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Site I (eastern end of Cheverton Down) SZ4411 8420. Site II (middle clump) SZ4453 8415. Site III (original listing) is accurate, and is closest to Cheverton Farm
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    Re: Cheverton Farm by Anne T on Sunday, 10 March 2019
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    Thanks for the updated grid references, cliffrich. I've added these to the main text for this site page. I've managed to track down the Historic England scheduling information for a total of five barrows neaer Cheverton Farm - what an interesting area! I'm not likely to get to the Isle of Wight, so it's great to be able to see photos of this area. Thanks.
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      Re: Cheverton Farm by cliffrich on Wednesday, 13 March 2019
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      Your welcome Anne :). I found a total of 7 barrows up there. Just as well as it was one hell of a walk! I thought that I'd missed out one one barrow as couldn't find it according to the OS Explorer map, but it could be the gravel mound between the other two on Site I.
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