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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dundon Beacon Barrow
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Somerton  Nearest Village: Dundon
Map Ref: ST485319  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.084094N  Longitude: 2.736626W
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
 3 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.
 no data 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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Dundon Beacon Barrow
Dundon Beacon Barrow submitted by DavidRaven : The Beacon. MegPortal member Marion Benham with her daughter and Heidi the hound, exploring the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Dundon Beacon Barrow
Dundon Beacon Barrow submitted by Bladup : The top of Dundon Beacon Barrow, Looking North into the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dundon Beacon Barrow
Dundon Beacon Barrow submitted by caradoc68 : Not many of these round barrows are left in Somerset can only think of a few sites Small Down Camp and the barrow always seems to be on top of hills. Thing what strikes me about this barrow there seems to be a ditch and back a round one edge and l cant decide whether its from the barrow or the hillfort. Looking at this ditch it seems to be part of the iron age palisade, just a observation !! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST4831 : Dundon Beacon by Nick Chipchase
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ST4831 : Dundon Hill by Rude Health
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ST4831 : Dundon Beacon by Roger Cornfoot
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ST4831 : Dundon Beacon from Decoy Lane by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
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ST4831 : Path to Decoy Farm by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
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Re: Dundon Beacon Barrow by Anonymous on Sunday, 22 May 2011
I first visited Dundon Beacon in the early 1980's, approx 1982, when I was taken to see - on the slopes of the hill - a small plateau with a large inverted pentagram inscribed into the ground with candle stubs at the points. I don't know whereabouts it was but I think the southern end, and no idea if it still remains.
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Re: Dundon Beacon Barrow by MarionBenham on Friday, 12 December 2003
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This doesn't feel to me like a round barrow such as you would find on the Mendip Hills, it is steep sided and appears to be made of stones under the thin turf covering, rather like a cairn. It is built into the earthworks of the Iron Age hillfort and is possibly the base for the beacon fires.
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