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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harpton Round Barrows Alternative Name: Harpton Farm Round Barrows; Harpton Court Round BarrowsCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Old Radnor Nearest Village: Downton
Map Ref: SO24225998
Latitude: 52.232779N Longitude: 3.11102W
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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Anne T visited on 14th Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Access: 4 Harpton Round Barrows: Not the most exciting of stops, but interesting, never-the-less. Andrew did try and find the nearby Castle Nimble, but the only access seemed to be through private farmland, and as we didn’t want to trespass, gave up and went onto the more exciting four-poster stone circle.
Located on the southern side of the very busy, and fast, A44 main road, there are fortunately a couple of laybys to pull in almost immediately adjacent to both these round barrows - but be carful when getting out of the car to take a closer look, as lorries thunder past! Both barrows are marked on the modern OS map.
The first of the round barrows is located at SO 2422 5998, and can only be viewed from the well-chained and padlocked gate into the field, about 100m from the actual barrow.
The second of the barrows is at SO 23887 60070, and can really only be seen by peering through, or over, the hedge.
Both are recorded as one scheduled monument, see CADW Monument ID RD048. The eastern-most barrow is also recorded as Coflein NPRN 306339; the western-most does not appear to feature in Coflein.
We did try and find the nearby Castle Nimble (CADW Monument ID RD046), but could not find any public footpath leading to it.
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