<< Our Photo Pages >> Five Knolls - Barrow Cemetery in England in Bedfordshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Five KnollsCountry: England County: Bedfordshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dunstable Nearest Village: Church End
Map Ref: TL00632103 Landranger Map Number: 166
Latitude: 51.878766N Longitude: 0.539528W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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duncancatterall Brian_Eyes would like to visit
JohnLindsay visited on 1st Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 This site is on the main road from Dunstable towards Aylesbury, 61 bus hourly, but a walk from the main Dunstable cross roads, the Icknield Way and Watling St. The knoll group in a straight line is quite impressive, pointing almost directly to Maiden Bower.
The National Trust Chilterns Intepretation centre is nearby, though I'm afraid that is a shopping centre rather than an interpretation centre, there appears to be about nothing on the megalithic Chilterns but in Dunstable Library there is a good collection. There is a community heritage Priory Centre in the grounds of what remains of the Abbey and there is a local society, the Manshead, which publishes archaeology. The first day I was there, during the blizzard, everything white with snow, a few days later, all melted and green, with a blue sky.
Now I have found http://www.archaeologyuk.org/cbasm/index_htm_files/VOLUME%2019.PDF
not sure how accurate the pdf register is, this is vol 19, and titled five knolls
Unfortunately, the proximity to the town of Dunstable has left these ancient monuments open to abuse and a cycle track runs across the four that are in a line.
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