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<< Our Photo Pages >> Winn's Common Tumulus - Round Barrow(s) in England in Greater London

Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 06 December 2003  Page Views: 17437

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Winn's Common Tumulus
Country: England County: Greater London Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Woolwich
Map Ref: TQ457779  Landranger Map Number: 177
Latitude: 51.481296N  Longitude: 0.096831E
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.
 4 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
 3

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Winn's Common Tumulus submitted by Ironside : Misty Winn's Common 2 (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Winn's Common Tumulus submitted by paul : Winn's Common Tumulus, Plumstead Common, SE London. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Winn's Common Tumulus
Winn's Common Tumulus submitted by Ironside : Misty Winn's Common 4 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Winn's Common Tumulus by Anonymous on Sunday, 15 August 2021
Between 1947 and 1951 I lived in a pre fab in Commonweath Way, Abbey Wood and just down the road in Federation Road was a chalk cave. We used to explore but being only young not too far. The land was owned by the Coop and is now a camp site and no doubt the cave is sealed.
I went to school in Purret Road, Plumstead, just down from Winns Common but what my query is could the chalk caves at Abbey Wood been dug in ancient times and does any one know if the cave off Stream Dale , Wickhame Lane ,named Turpins Cave on the opposite side of Bostall Woods to the cave at Frederick Road are connected?
Being an old man of eighty, with only memories, I would be interested.
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Re: Winn's Common Tumulus by coldrum on Sunday, 11 April 2010
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Re: Winn's Common Tumulus by Anonymous on Thursday, 09 August 2007
hi i need desent pics of winns common
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    Re: Winn's Common Tumulus by Anonymous on Thursday, 09 August 2007
    The common itself or the Tumulus? If the later, I suggest you contact the members who've submitted these photos.
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Re: Winn's Common Tumulus by Ironside on Monday, 24 October 2005
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The mound is not marked on the current ordnance survey maps.

From Greenwich Council website:
The burial mound is on the eastern part of Plumstead Common, known as Winn’s Common, near Bleak Hill Lane. The mound is about 20 metres in diameter and very worn down. It is thought that it may have been part of a cluster of seven tumuli similar to the cluster known to have existed on Shooter’s Hill. The Winn’s Common tumulus has been opened some time in the past but there is no record of what was found or who was involved. The dimensions and shape of the two survivors suggest that they may be Bronze Age burial mounds.

The barrow on Winns Common and the one in Brinklow Crescent on Shooters Hill Shrewsbury Tumulus are the only survivors. Five were destroyed in the 1930's when the Laing Estate was built on Shooters Hill. One that stood in Shrewsbury Park survived the destruction by Laing but has subsequently vanished.
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Re: Winn's Common Tumulus by slumpy on Friday, 25 March 2005
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Sitting on the edge of a rugby pitch, and used by dogwalkers daily, this typical eroded round barrow is totally ignored and overlooked.
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