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Wigston Parva

Round Barrow(s)

<b>Wigston Parva</b>Posted by broenImage © broen
Nearest Town:Hinckley (6km NW)
OS Ref (GB):   SP469893 / Sheet: 140
Latitude:52° 29' 56.93" N
Longitude:   1° 18' 32.58" W



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<b>Wigston Parva</b>Posted by broen

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interesting enough according to the guy in the house at the end of the track and in the corner of the square - Britains first windmill was built a couple of hundred yards North west of the barrow site - recorded and documented by the BBC.

As for the barrows/henge? well I couldn't get near enough to them as the crops were very very young but from 200 hundred metres away you can see a slight dome - well ploughed out now.
broen Posted by broen
2nd January 2004ce
Edited 7th September 2005ce