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'Visited' 13.8.11 Saw these 2 Barrows marked on the O/S map and an entry on Megalithic. I also found an entry in the excellent Prehistoric England book by Nicholas Thomas – Page 125. Thomas states that 4 burials were found here containing adults, a child and even a dog! Thomas gives one of the Barrow's dimensions as 110 ft x 45ft. Given this information I was keen to pay a visit. However, things don't always go according to plan! What I should have done is enquired at Eyford Hill Farm to ask for permission to visit the Barrows (I assume they own the land?). Instead I opted for a 'sneak' visit from the minor road to the north. I crossed over the drystone wall and electric fence and made my way uphill. Then up and over a wooden fence (and another electric fence) and eventually I was just about able to make out the Barrow marked on the O/S map slightly north of the Long Barrows (SP143258). This is now no more than a very low ploughed out mound which has a fence running across the top of it. I would say approximately 0.5 metres high x 20 metres across. I then started to look for the Long Barrows. I never felt comfortable during this 'sneak' visit. The land is very open and I am sure I could have been spotted from far off. I could see the farm house in the distance. There was also a tarmac road running across the fields which I was afraid someone would come driving along at any time. To make matters worse I became quite disorientated and I was unable to work out which way I should be heading – it all looks so easy when looking on the map! Given what I had seen elsewhere in the vicinity today I imagine that the Barrows are no more than small ploughed out mounds? I certainly didn't see anything obvious although as I said I may have been looking in the wrong place! The nerves got the better of me and I headed back to the car. As I was heading back across the fields 3 bi-planes flew overhead – now, that's something you don't see every day! All in all there is nothing that I saw that would merit a visit unless of course the Long Barrows are in a reasonable condition? (Best ask at the farm first!) |
Posted by CARL 16th August 2011ce |
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From "Companion into Gloucestershire" - R.P. Beckinsale (1947 5th edition Methuen): "Near Eyford Hall some rough, grassy islands in a ploughed field mark the sites of four round tumuli and two Long Barrows, one of which contained parts of the skeletons of twenty people and a dog - just as if they had succumbed when mowing a meadow." |
Posted by thesweetcheat8th February 2009ce Edited 29th December 2016ce |
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The British MuseumThe lovely flat shale bead found in the long barrow at Eyford. I love a nice shale bead. Imagine how nice it would feel in your hand. |
Posted by Rhiannon1st July 2020ce Edited 1st July 2020ce |
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