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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ivinghoe Beacon Hill Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Buckinghamshire

Submitted by njbarton on Sunday, 29 August 2010  Page Views: 6205

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ivinghoe Beacon Hill Barrows
Country: England County: Buckinghamshire Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: SP95961638
Latitude: 51.837793N  Longitude: 0.608638W
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
2 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.
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
5

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Ivinghoe Beacon Hill Barrows
Ivinghoe Beacon Hill Barrows submitted by njbarton : The only one of the group that my untrained eye could make out ! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Group of six bronze age barrows in Buckinghamshire

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"Group of six Bronze Age bowl barrows surviving as earthworks. Human skull eroded from one circa 1982."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP9516 : Ivinghoe Hills by Michael Trolove
by Michael Trolove
©2012(licence)
SP9616 : View south from a path leading to Ivinghoe Beacon by Peter S
by Peter S
©2012(licence)
SP9616 : The Ridgeway descending Ivinghoe Beacon by Rob Farrow
by Rob Farrow
©2012(licence)
SP9616 : Icknield Way by Colin Smith
by Colin Smith
©2017(licence)
SP9616 : Path towards Ivinghoe Beacon by Katy Walters
by Katy Walters
©2005(licence)

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 521m N 5° Ivinghoe Beacon* Hillfort (SP960169)
 1.2km NE 55° Ivinghoe Beacon Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SP96931709)
 1.2km ESE 121° Mead's Plantation Ancient Village or Settlement (SP97021576)
 2.4km SSW 207° Pitstone Hill Causewayed Enclosure (SP949142)
 2.6km SW 218° Northfield Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SP944143)
 2.8km NNE 23° Edlesborough* Artificial Mound (SP970190)
 3.0km SSE 159° Moneybury Hill Bell Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SP97111361)
 3.3km SSW 197° Aldbury Nowers Round Barrow(s) (SP95071324)
 3.5km SSE 163° Moneybury Hill Round Barrow(s) (SP97031309)
 6.6km NE 46° Five Knolls* Barrow Cemetery (TL00632103)
 7.1km NNE 31° Maiden Bower* Hillfort (SP995225)
 7.1km NNE 32° Maiden Bower Causewayed Enclosure Causewayed Enclosure (SP99662247)
 7.3km SSW 198° Grim’s Ditch (Hertfordshire) Misc. Earthwork (SP93850938)
 8.6km SE 128° Great Gaddesden church puddingstones* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TL02871127)
 8.6km SE 128° Great Gaddesden Puddingstone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TL029112)
 9.6km SSW 199° Cholesbury Camp* Hillfort (SP930072)
 11.3km NNW 341° Shepherd's Race (Heath)* Turf Maze (SP9227)
 11.4km SW 224° Boddington Camp* Hillfort (SP882080)
 11.8km NNW 335° Linslade Holy Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP908270)
 12.4km W 266° St. Osyth's Well (Bierton)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP836152)
 12.9km SSE 164° Whelpley Hill* Hillfort (SP99680397)
 13.2km NW 326° Soulbury Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SP88292709)
 13.2km NE 52° Waulud's Bank* Henge (TL062247)
 13.5km SW 228° Bacombe Hill Barrow Cemetery (SP86160712)
 13.5km SW 228° Bacombe Hill Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SP86130709)
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