Featured: Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Random Image


Majsterrojr

Megaliths, Stones of Memory

Megaliths, Stones of Memory

Who's Online

There are currently, 184 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Other Photo Pages >> Guildford Museum - Museum in England in Surrey

Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 30 November 2002  Page Views: 7225

MuseumsSite Name: Guildford Museum
Country: England County: Surrey Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Guildford
Map Ref: SU9968349258  Landranger Map Number: 186
Latitude: 51.233810N  Longitude: 0.573604W
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.
5 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

Museum in Surrey

the collection contains objects from Palaeolithic hand axes to Roman priests` head dresses

Address: 155 High Street, GU1 3AJ
Phone: 01483 444740
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11am - 5 pm
Admission: Free
Visit their web site
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Andy B has found this location on Google Street View:

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU9949 : Quarry St by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2010(licence)
SU9949 : Looking south-southeast in Quarry Street by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
©2019(licence)
SU9949 : Approaching the junction of Castle Hill and Quarry Street by Basher Eyre
by Basher Eyre
©2019(licence)
SU9949 : Guildford Museum - Street Party by Colin Smith
by Colin Smith
©2022(licence)
SU9949 : Guildford's Royal Plum Cake by Colin Smith
by Colin Smith
©2022(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 728m WSW 250° St. Edward's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU9949)
 1.1km SSW 196° Artington Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU994482)
 2.5km ESE 107° Tyting Farm Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TQ02124857)
 3.2km ESE 110° St Martha's on the Hill Earth Circles* Misc. Earthwork (TQ027482)
 4.0km ESE 107° Lid Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ03554815)
 4.3km N 0° Whitmoor Common* Round Barrow(s) (SU996536)
 4.6km N 10° Jacobs Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ004538)
 5.7km ESE 104° Albury Fishponds* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TQ053480)
 5.9km E 100° Weston Wood Platform Mound* Round Barrow(s) (TQ055484)
 6.0km E 99° Weston Woods Cromlech* Standing Stones (TQ05644839)
 6.4km E 97° The Silent Pool* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ0606148582)
 6.8km ESE 107° Albury Park Mound* Round Barrow(s) (TQ062474)
 7.7km SSW 203° Lady Well (Tuesley)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU968421)
 7.8km NW 323° Bullswater Common Barrows Barrow Cemetery (SU9487555356)
 8.9km WSW 255° Hillbury hillfort* Hillfort (SU911468)
 10.3km N 356° Horsell Birch Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU98805956)
 10.4km NNE 25° Pyrford Stone* Marker Stone (TQ0382258782)
 10.7km N 10° Horsell Common W* Barrow Cemetery (TQ01405980)
 10.7km S 177° Hascombe Hill* Hillfort (TQ004386)
 10.7km NNE 11° Horsell Common E* Round Barrow(s) (TQ01615977)
 10.9km S 174° The Dragonstones Modern Stone Circle etc (TQ0105038489)
 11.0km NNW 339° St John the Baptist's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU956595)
 11.1km WSW 252° Culverswell Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU892456)
 11.2km WSW 249° Crooksbury Common Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU893450)
 11.8km NNE 25° Jack Temple Healing Centre* Modern Stone Circle etc (TQ045600)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Ardachearanbeg Standing Stone

Spellow Hills >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells

Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Guildford Museum" | Login/Create an Account | 4 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Guildford Heritage Forum by Andy B on Wednesday, 29 July 2020
(User Info | Send a Message)
More news on the museum and Guildford heritage in general at
http://guildfordheritageforum.co.uk/
[ Reply to This ]

Video of the Saxon Brooch in Guildford Museum by Andy B on Wednesday, 29 July 2020
(User Info | Send a Message)
Mary Alexander, Collections Manager at Guildford Museum, talking about the Saxon Brooch, one of the items featured in A History of Surrey in 50 Objects:



https://youtu.be/jrWQIR7VO2c

More fascinating objects here
https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/subjects/50_objects/
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Guildford Museum by DrewParsons on Friday, 01 May 2015
(User Info | Send a Message)
Displays of locally found prehistoric stone implements would be of interest to Megalithic Portal members. Unfortunately the staff on duty when I visited did not have the authority to let me photograph the exhibits.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Guildford Museum by Andy B on Monday, 05 April 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
Street View
View Larger Map
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.