<< Our Photo Pages >> Three Tuns Tumuli - Barrow Cemetery in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Three Tuns Tumuli Alternative Name: 23294: Barrow, NW of Blackers Hill, ChilcomptonCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: Gurney Slade
Map Ref: ST6324250870
Latitude: 51.255801N Longitude: 2.528116W
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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Grid reference refers to 1 of 4 barrows (23294) noted to exist here, this one being that nearest to Three Tuns Farm. Two south of the road were behind a hedge and covered in Maize and so not visible whilst the fourth has apparently been ploughed out.
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