

This is looking south towards Maen Mawr.
I don’t think this would survive if the Historic Scotland fencing was removed.
Not much you can do about where this is, just have to make the best of it.
This is the sad remains of the Big Tree Long Barrow.It is situated at the edge of the field about 400mtrs past the saw mills on the way to Frome.I haven’t been able to find any information about this Barrow.
There isn’t much detail to be seen,but you can see it is a Long Barrow.
Little more than a vague bump.The Barrow was excavated in 1826 by John Skinner and also in 1909 by J.D.C.Wickham.There was a possible terminal chamber with one cell.
This is at the location of the Barrow,as has already been said,not a lot to see.The farmer told me “the field is never ploughed” Don’t forget to ask permission at Southmead Farm.
The garden was once much larger,but a house was built and the brick wall divider rather cramps the style.
This site has been preserved in a garden at the top of Druid Hill in the Stoke Bishop area of Bristol,and comes under the protection of English Heritage. The house is called, strangely enough, The Cromlech.The present Guardian was quite happy for me to trample on her garden to take my photos.
If you download the picture and zoom in to the lower third of the stone you can see some interesting faces.
This is down a rather narrow lane with very little parking places,but if you squeeze into a gateway tightly you are reatively safe.
The hole at the base is smaller than I remember.
Sorry it’s a bit dark,in undergrowth,wet dull and dreary.Why on earth do we do this?????????????