Buckholt Wood

Also known as:
Nympsfield II
Nearest town:
Stroud (5km NE)
OS reference:
SO799015
OS sheet:
162
Latitude:
51° 42' 40.89 N
Longitude:
2° 17' 27.41 W
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Image of Buckholt Wood (Long Barrow) by Kammer

Taken 29th January 2005: The lump to the right of the shot, behind the fence is what’s left of the Long Barrow.

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 19, 2005
Image of Buckholt Wood (Long Barrow) by Kammer

Taken 29th January 2005: Not the most exciting place you could visit. Here’s Buckholt Wood Long Barrow from north. This place is only for the hardened enthusiast!

Image credit: Simon Marshall
Kammer
Kammer Nov 19, 2005
Image of Buckholt Wood (Long Barrow) by baza

Buckholt Wood long barrow, behind the glider take-off winding engine

baza
baza Sep 18, 2003

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Buckholt Wood

C
CARL Jan 5, 2012

Visited 28.12.11

Not a lot to report. All that remains of this much ploughed out Long Barrow is a long, low, grass covered mound – I would say about 50 metres long and 0.5 metres high.

The hedgerow surrounding the field consisted largely of thorn bushes and a ‘keep out’ sign does little to encourage a visit.
However, I managed to find a gap in a wall……

Buckholt Wood

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 7, 2009

Visited 26.4.09, from Nympsfield long barrow and The Soldier’s Grave, using the same route as Baza. This involves a climb up a steep-ish bank from the valley footpath to the south below.

The barrow stands at the west end of the glider club airstrip and is not the most impressive of monuments, just a low grass mound. It can also be seen from the road at a gap in the hedge to the NW.

Buckholt Wood

Kammer
Kammer Dec 2, 2005

Visited 29th January 2005: I approached Buckholt Wood on foot from the direction of Nympsfield Long Barrow. It’s a pleasant enough walk, but crossing the main road (the B4066) is tricky.

Buckholt Wood is not the most exciting megalithic site you could visit. Definately one for the hardened enthusiast.

Buckholt Wood

baza
baza Nov 6, 2003

On a recent visit to the Nympsfield long barrow, I noticed this one marked on the OS map, so decided to pay it a visit.

Shortly after turning onto the minor road leading to the village of Nympsfield from the B4066, I drove into a National Trust car park on the left which serves Woodchester Park (you have to pay to park here, although I didn’t notice until I was leaving).

The footpath from the car park leads you down into a wooded valley. Where the path turns to the right, along the valley, I carried straight on up the other side, through the trees and out onto the end of a gliding club’s airstrip.

The barrow lies at the western end of this grass airstrip. It’s been ploughed over, in the past, and is now no more than 2 metres high, with no visible stones.

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