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Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 28 May 2006  Page Views: 15040

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Churn Knob
Country: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Round Barrow(s)

Map Ref: SU522847  Landranger Map Number: 174
Latitude: 51.558774N  Longitude: 1.248419W
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.
 4 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
 4

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SolarMegalith visited on 18th Feb 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The cross is currently lying near the Eastern side of the bell barrow.

Churn Knob
Churn Knob submitted by SolarMegalith : Churn Knob - view from the North (photo taken on February 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Oxfordshire. Complete with cross, for now...

From SolarMegalith: Churn Knob round barrow is located on slope of the hill South from Blewbury and it's visible from the distance. It's a perfect example of a large bell barrow - it's 23 m wide and 1,5 m high. The site was excavated in 19th century.

During my visit on February 2011 the cross which was so controversial issue was lying on the ground near the Northern side of Churn Knob barrow.

Note: Clergyman told to move cross, see comment
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Churn Knob
Churn Knob submitted by SolarMegalith : Churn Knob bell barrow - view from the SE (photo taken on February 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Churn Knob
Churn Knob submitted by SolarMegalith : Churn Knob from the distance - view from the NW (photo taken on February 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Churn Knob
Churn Knob submitted by SolarMegalith : Churn Knob - view from the East with visible cross removed from top of the bell barrow (photo taken on February 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Clergyman told to move cross from Iron Iron Age Mound by Anonymous on Sunday, 28 May 2006
A CLERGYMAN has been told to move his cross or the council will move it for him.

Rev Edwin Clements, the parish priest for Hagbourne, Upton and Blewbury, erected the wooden cross at Churn Knob, an Iron Age burial mound, six years ago.

The 16ft cross marks the spot, high above Blewbury, where St Birinus gave his first sermon in 634AD, converting pagans to Christianity.

But the Vale of White Horse District Council has told Rev Clements to move it or face enforcement action despite the fact that he has planning permission for the structure.

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The row surrounding the cross started in 2003 when English Heritage objected to it being placed on a scheduled ancient monument.

Mr Clements maintained it was not on the mound but had been erected next to it.

However, heritage officers argued the cross was still within the monument area.

Following a site meeting in 2004 it was agreed the cross should be moved a further 100 metres from the mound.

Mr Clements then decided to mount a passive protest and left the cross where it stood.

With enforcement action looming, Mr Clements said he had no choice but to move the cross.

"We have to move it, or they will simply take it down. It will hopefully still show on the skyline and be visible from the area," he said.

Vale spokesman Nikki Malin said: "We can confirm that Rev Clements has been asked to move the cross by the end of May to outside the boundary of the monument, due to objections by English Heritage.

"If this does not happen, the council will have to consider whether or not it is expedient to take enforcement action to achieve the removal of the cross."

She added an agreed site had been identified, but the cross had never been moved from its original position.

A spokesman for English Heritage said: "It is a protected site in the same way as a listed building. Therefore you need to make proper applications to make alterations. In this case the cross was erected without that process being gone through."

http://www.theoxfordtimes.net/news/headlines/display.var.757944.0.clergyman_told_to_move_cross.php
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    Re: Clergyman told to move cross from Iron Iron Age Mound by JimChampion on Monday, 24 January 2011
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    The cross and its bracket are still there, but now they're lying down. The barrow and its hardly visible neighbour are now covered in chicken wire, presumably to deter animal burrowing.
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