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<< Our Photo Pages >> Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery - Barrow Cemetery in England in Lincolnshire

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 03 December 2002  Page Views: 7650

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 10.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lincolnshire Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: TF493724  Landranger Map Number: 122
Latitude: 53.227663N  Longitude: 0.235111E
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.
no data 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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oldman visited on 26th Oct 2018 Almost leveled out. Faint Undulations show where the tumuli were.

Catrinm visited on 28th May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Not much to see but you can make out a couple of barrows if look carefully

Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery
Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery submitted by Catrinm : A bull with a ring through its nose guarding Butterbumps cemetery. Low rise seen in top rh corner. dagger found datin to 1750 bc according to stonecircles.co.uk (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery of twelve badly damaged round barrows in Lincolnshire

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Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery
Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery submitted by oldman : You can just make out the Tumulus which is the oval in the centre of this picture (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery
Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery submitted by oldman : You can see the rise and fall of this tumulus against the fence posts. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TF4972 : Tumuli by Richard Croft
by Richard Croft
©2010(licence)
TF4972 : Tumuli field, Butterbump Bridge and Cumberworth Ings to Cumberworth: aerial 2017 by Chris
by Chris
©2017(licence)
TF4972 : Farm track past the tumuli near Bonthorpe by Chris
by Chris
©2015(licence)
TF4972 : Straw and Tumuli by Michael Patterson
by Michael Patterson
©2006(licence)
TF4972 : Track off Cumberworth Road by Richard Croft
by Richard Croft
©2010(licence)

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Re: Butterbumps Barrow Cemetery by Catrinm on Tuesday, 29 May 2018
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You can just make out a couple of low bumps - nowhere near 12 to be seen in a field of cows and a bull
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