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Bathampton and Claverton Downs

Bathampton Down?

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I spent an hour aimlessly wandering around the fields towards Bath from the university on saturday, looking for this site.
Rhiannon? Where is it?
:)

oops it's the other side of the university. hope it was a nice day...

Do you know where the cats and dogs rescue centre is? It's on the road out towards the American Museum, past the sports fields. If you go down there, past the entrance to the dogs home, there are a couple of paths on the left. If you follow those you get to the right fields. Some of the stones are in the unfenced grassy bits, the big upright stone is in a fenced off area with a stile to get in by. The grid ref is probably about ST780642. If you follow the public footpath north then you eventually go past some nice caves too.

Perhaps it counts as Claverton Down (oops) but there's a lot on the top there, earthworks, barrows and such and i've seen it refered to as Bathampton Down in books.