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This hilltop mound is hidden from the road by a high hedge. It is near to the Download Music Festival Camp Site, near the western runway lights of East Midlands Airport, and adjacent to a Severn-Trent water works. Nearby an Iron Age field system was excavated in preparation for Airport buildings. It is 48m long, 17m wide, and 1 & 1/2m high at the eastern end. Is it a known long barrow? Location:

Runway Mound

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AddedJul 24 2011
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This hilltop mound is hidden from the road by a high hedge. It is near to the Download Music Festival Camp Site, near the western runway lights of East Midlands Airport, and adjacent to a Severn-Trent water works. Nearby an Iron Age field system was excavated in preparation for Airport buildings.
It is 48m long, 17m wide, and 1 & 1/2m high at the eastern end. Is it a known long barrow?
Location: SK43202595, 52 49 45.77 N, 1 21 36.75 W.

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