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Sparsholt Down (edge of)

Round Barrow(s)

<b>Sparsholt Down (edge of)</b>Posted by wysefoolImage © Wysefool
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Nearest Town:Wantage (7km NE)
OS Ref (GB):   SU339843 / Sheet: 174
Latitude:51° 33' 21.73" N
Longitude:   1° 30' 39.49" W

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'Drive-by' 13.11.11

Parking isn't that easy near the Barrow so we settled for a slow drive-by.

There isn't much to see to be honest, just a small rough low mound amid the trees.
Perhaps a closer look would reveal more?

As Wysefool states the other clumps of trees running alongside the B4001 look very similar and may also be the remains of Barrows?
Posted by CARL
14th November 2011ce

Adjacent to the road that passes close by and in a clump of beech trees, is a worn out barrow. A circular ditch can still be made out that surrounds the central (and much denuded) burial mound. I suspect that it is bronze age (its close to the lambourn seven barrows group and opposite a tumulus on the other side of the road).

The fence that now runs down the side of the road was added a few years ago. The other clumps of beech trees that occur along the road may also be barrows, but it is difficult to be sure. This one has a definate circular ditch around it.
wysefool Posted by wysefool
26th March 2007ce