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Submitted by abuchan43 on Sunday, 01 August 2010 Page Views: 11693

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gorsey Bigbury Henge Alternative Name: Henge at Gorsey Bigbury
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.222 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Cheddar Nearest Village: Charterhouse
Map Ref: ST48435584
Latitude: 51.299336N Longitude: 2.741071W
Condition:

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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

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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3 Access:

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
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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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**Gorsey Bigbury Henge** submitted by abuchan43 : The henge would be difficult to spot on the ground if it were not for the trees growing out of it. A view from the NW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Listed on the O S map, sheet 141 as a Henge, this henge is approx 40 meters in diameter and looks very similar in construction to the henge at ST558497. (Drove Cottage Henge)

It is situated on the NE side of a hill and like the Drove Cottage Henge the entrance is in the north side. The inside of the henge is level and has a mound similar to the henge at Drove Cottage. This makes the internal ditch deeper on the SW side, 1.5 meters compared to 0.5 meters on the NE side. It has three blackthorn trees growing inside of it.

Access to the henge is difficult as the public footpath from the road leading to Lower Farm is now overgrown and impassible, access might be possible by asking permission at Charterhouse Farm.
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