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The Oven
Date Added: 13th Sep 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
The Oven submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 13th Sep 2011. View from the SE
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Log Text: What I call a 'real find'
Hazlewood Copse Camp
Date Added: 13th Sep 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hazlewood Copse Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 13th Sep 2011. The S ditch looking W
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Log Text: Four visits and I am still none the wiser!
Shortwood Hill barrow
Date Added: 21st Sep 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Shortwood Hill barrow submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jan 2005. Shortwood hill barrow viewed from the north
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Log Text: Very easy to find - just park by the bus stop and go through the footpath gate - pretty much destroyed - 1.5m high - S side cut into by hedge
North Cerney 1
Date Added: 24th Sep 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
North Cerney 1 submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 24th Sep 2011. From the NE
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Log Text: Experts disagree on GLO 70 but I think it is far more likely to be a Long Barrow
Calmsden spring
Date Added: 24th Sep 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Calmsden spring submitted by HOLYWELL on 29th Feb 2008. Calmsden spring Gloucestershire
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Log Text: Quite impressive - pity about rusted tanks which obviously replaced stone troughs
North Cerney 2
Date Added: 24th Sep 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
North Cerney 2 submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 24th Sep 2011. The Barrow from the N
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Log Text: Liked this site - nice spot between Woodmancote and Rendcomb
Bagendon
Date Added: 24th Sep 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bagendon submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 24th Sep 2011. Bagendon A
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Log Text: This was a mammoth task but great fun - need more time to the E of River Churn to look for Bagendon 2 (if it exists)
Oliver's Castle
Date Added: 30th Sep 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Oliver's Castle submitted by Thorgrim on 31st Aug 2003. Accessible by footpath from Bromham or Roundway, this Iron Age promontory fort of 1.2 hectares is at SU 001646.
It has a single ditch and bank with post holes for gates in the eastern entrance.
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Log Text: Looks as though The Captain and I missed each other by 10min - I met the chaps with their radio controlled gliders as they went to the SW corner - saw quite a few people on bikes - too hot for that
Heddington 1
Date Added: 1st Oct 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Heddington 1 submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 30th Sep 2011. From the S the damage caused by quarrying is easily seen - it still stands proudly over the adjacent Long Barrow
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Log Text: In a sorry state but it stands proud over King's Play Down (Hill) Long Barrow 75m to the SE
King's Play Hill Long Barrow
Date Added: 1st Oct 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
King's Play Hill Long Barrow submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 30th Sep 2011. From the W
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Log Text: The site has been ravaged by the plough over many years - it is in a magnificent position - Oliver's Castle; the Wansdyke; Civil War Battle Field (Roundway Down 1643); loads of other barrows Long, Round, Bowl (single and in groups); Cross Dykes - lots to investigate in the area - superb views over the North Wessex Downs
Avenis Barrow
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Avenis Barrow submitted by hamish on 23rd Nov 2004. I think this mound is the barrow,it corresponds with the map co-ordinates.It is parallel with the road and is just inside the field.
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Log Text: Found it at last - tucked in the NW corner and against the hedge/wall on S side of sunken road W-E
Bisley Barrow
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 1 Access 5
Bisley Barrow submitted by hamish on 21st Nov 2004. On the road from Waterlane to Bisley you will pass on the right a clay pigeon shoot, the barrow is just up the road by a public footpath. It is very over grown and difficult to access so be careful.
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Log Text: Heavily damaged by agricultural waste
The Giant's Stone (Gloucestershire)
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
The Giant's Stone (Gloucestershire) submitted by baz on 15th Mar 2004. The Giant's Stone, well hidden in the undergrowth at the corner of a field. GPS: SO 91783 06122.
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Log Text: Found thanks to excellent map from www.old-maps.co.uk
The Trench
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2011
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Trench submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 3rd Oct 2011. Looking N from the Welsh Way
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Log Text: Intriguing - Must find out more - EH seem too dismissive
The Trench
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2011
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Trench submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 3rd Oct 2011. Looking N from the Welsh Way
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Log Text: Found some historical information - went back today to check things out
Elberton Camp
Date Added: 6th Oct 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Elberton Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 6th Oct 2011. E side looking N - two banks and a ditch
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Log Text: Old Down Country Park own this site - they have laid out a 'Sculpture Trail' in parts of the Ditch to the Camp and also have erected jumps for a novice cross country riders course around it - they have drawn attention to the Camp but it is very unkempt
St Arilds Well
Date Added: 7th Oct 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
St Arilds Well submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 6th Oct 2011. The Pool
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Log Text: Need to take your time and walk round the Well to get a full appreciation - there are a few surprises
Hyde Tumulus 2
Date Added: 8th Oct 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Hyde Tumulus 2 submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 8th Oct 2011. The virtually ploughed out Hyde 2 can just be seen in the line of the harrowed soil (from the West)
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Log Text: Had to wait for crops to be harvested to be certain of finding and photographing this virtually ploughed out site
The Cobstone
Date Added: 12th Oct 2011
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
The Cobstone submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 12th Oct 2011. Here they are - the guardians at the gate of Lammas House
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Log Text: Great fun researching this
The Bulwarks (Gloucestershire)
Date Added: 13th Oct 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Bulwarks (Gloucestershire) submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 13th Oct 2011. The West Ditch looking North
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Log Text: Will The Bulwarks ever be understood? Certainly not until a lot more excavation is carried out