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Leckhampton Hill
Date Added: 7th Aug 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Leckhampton Hill submitted by h_fenton on 10th Nov 2011. Leckhampton Hill hillfort / promontory fort, Gloucestershire. Viewed from the south-west.
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6 November 2011
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Log Text: Cotswold Way walk around Leckhampton Hill from Seven Springs, wonderful views all over Cheltenham and the Severn valley all the way round, with an exploration of the hillfort, trig point and quarry with the Devil's Chimney. Then south to Ullenwood, turning east past Cuckoopen Farm and then down past the big old longbarrow to Coberley and heading back north to the Seven Springs for a pint.
Painswick Beacon
Date Added: 19th Jul 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Painswick Beacon submitted by h_fenton on 3rd Mar 2011. Looking northwards over the ramparts of Painswick Beacon (hillfort), with Gloucester beyond and the Malvern Hills on the horizon (the other side of the Severn Valley).
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12 February 2011
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Log Text: Cotswold Way loop walk north from Painswick, across the golf course and through woods to Cranham Corner before turning back for a pint at the Royal William. Then over the hill and west before turning back to the top of Painswick Beacon, before descending to the east through Paradise along the Wysis Way, and then back to Painswick along the river and up the hill for a pint at the Royal Oak.
The Ring (Gloucestershire)
Date Added: 20th Jun 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2021. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 3
The Ring (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton on 19th Nov 2011. The Ring, enclosure on Cleeve Hill (Cleeve Common) Gloucestershire.
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13 November 2011 @ 2.35pm
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Log Text: Cotswold Way walk from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. After visiting the trig point, dropped down to the carpark and golf club for a beer. Walked right by The Ring and forgot to have a look and take note. Beer was needed!
Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke
Date Added: 20th Jun 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke submitted by h_fenton on 19th Nov 2011. Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke, photographed from the east.
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13 November 2011
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Log Text: Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Walk through and have a quick look at the cross dyke, around the southern edge of the peak with the trig point.
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Date Added: 20th Jun 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton on 29th Mar 2009. Cleeve Hill - Hillfort.
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Log Text: Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Walk all around the ramparts of what is left of this hillfort, much of the western side of which has been quarried away. Fabulous views over Cheltenham.
Lineover
Date Added: 16th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lineover submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 17th Nov 2011. The Barrow from the South (taken from the N verge of the A436)
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Log Text: Cotswold Way walk north around Cheltenham from Seven Springs to Cleeve Hill. Small detour for a look at the remains of Lineover longbarrow, in a field of cows
Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2021. Now all shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection.
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Log Text: I revisited this barrow August 2015 to see what sort of state it is now in. What a disappointment and disgrace. The poor thinghas been shorn of all growth on it and looks to be much smaller than the pictures of 4clydesdale7 from 2011. It's no doubt slowly (or rapidly on a longbarrow lifespan timescale) just becoming a part of the field here and will soon be all gone.
Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2021. Now all shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection.
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Log Text: Looking in much better condition than in the past, the surrounding field is still pasture, and has a new fence around it. There is now a little parking area beside the little lane, and a gate through which you can walk to go visit the barrow.
Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Mar 2006
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2021. Now all shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection.
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Log Text: I revisited this barrow March 2006. The field it is in has now been fenced, and a gate with parking area situated near to the barrow. The field is no longer ploughed, and looks to be made ready for livestock. The rubbish which was piled on top of the barrow has been cleared and it all looks nicely tidied up. Pity that so much of it has been recently lost to the surrounding field, but things look less bleak for the barrow. I saw no signs of any chambers.
Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Starveall Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST794879, March 2004.
View looking west at the barrows east side.
The ploughed field surrounding the barrow is eating away at it. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field.
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Log Text: I visited this barrow this afternoon. Its getting in a very poor state. The ploughed field surrounding it is eating away at the mound. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field. And there is the remains of a massive dead tree which has died and pulled down lots more stone along one edge. I saw no sign of any chamber, but it was all covered with vegetation and rubble thrown onto it.
Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Starveall Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST794879, March 2004.
View looking west at the barrows east side.
The ploughed field surrounding the barrow is eating away at it. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field.
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Log Text: I revisited this barrow June 2021 to see what sort of state it is now in. All shorn of the trees a decade ago, all we have now is an elongated mound in the field, but it is at least fenced off for protection.
Crickley Hill
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Crickley Hill General submitted by vicky on 10th Sep 2002. Crickley Hill in Gloucestershire - Neolithic enclosure and Iron Age Hillfort.
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Log Text: Walking the Cotswold Way north around Crickley Hill, and the first thing seen is a large bank across the headland. After the turn at the point, progressing back along the northern side and it is seen that there were once substantial defences, and many modern day concrete markers show the points where the huts etc were found. A series of notice boards give a full history of the place and there is an information centre, which I did not have time to look round today. Somewhere to come back to on another time.
Fantastic views all around, the Malvern Hills to the north, the Forest of Dean and Black Mountains to the west, and all along the Cotswold edge in both directions.
Birdlip Camp
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Birdlip Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 30th Apr 2013. S end of the Outer Bank and Ditch - the line is just discernible and proceeds from middle foreground towards the skyline and then off to the top left corner
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Log Text: Walking the Cotswold Way north from Birdlip and the sharply pointed headland has slight remnants of a ditch and banks across the neck in these beautiful woodlands.
Crippet's Barrow
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Crippet's Barrow submitted by Humbucker on 17th Mar 2018. Crippet's / Shurdington Long Barrow from the south east. I visited late afternoon in the Autumn of 2017. I had heard of very inquisitive horses in the field, but it was empty when I visited.
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Log Text: Walking the Cotswold Way north from Crickley Hill, and I forgot to keep a look out for Crippet's Long Barrow, but at this point the footpath and separate bridleway are well fenced in, so I wouldn't have been able to get to the edge of the woodlands at the top of the hill to have a look anyway. I later got a long distance view from near the radio masts and reservoir entrance, just about making out the large barrow in its tree covered setting.
West Tump
Date Added: 10th Jun 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
West Tump submitted by Dabberdave on 15th Jan 2017. West Tump long barrow after recent tree clearance.
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Log Text: Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and on the way back to Cranham I made a diversion into the woods to find this long barrow. It’s a massive lump, now mostly cleared of trees, and built in an east to west sense, significantly bigger at the eastern end, which was no doubt the main entrance.
High Brotheridge
Date Added: 10th Jun 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
High Brotheridge submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 7th Jul 2014. Inturned Banks at S Entrance
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Log Text: Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and passed around the western edge of this massive hilltop settlement with various bits and pieces of defensive ramparts to be seen.
Tile Well
Date Added: 10th Jun 2021
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2021. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Tile Well submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Jun 2021. Partway down the north facing hillside above the Roman Villa, is found this gushing source of crystal clear water, seemingly appearing from under the tree roots.
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Log Text: Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and partway down the north facing scarp, above the Roman Villa, is found this gushing source of crystal clear water, which can be heard from a fairly large distance today.
Cranham Corner Earthworks
Date Added: 10th Jun 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cranham Corner Earthworks submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Jun 2021. Small earthworks within the woodland at Cranham Corner.
I am not convinced they would have been of much use defensively, being on a slight slope not at the top of the hill, and not very large.
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Log Text: Walking a Cooper's Hill Circuit of the Cotswold Way from Cranham, and first off had a look at these small earthworks. I am not convinced they would have been of much use defensively, being on a slight slope not at the top of the hill, and not very large.
Brackenbury Ditches
Date Added: 25th Apr 2021
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Brackenbury Ditches submitted by Humbucker on 16th Jun 2020. The footpath along the ridge of The West Woods follows the ramparts to Brackenbury Ditches on this section from North Nibley to Wotton Under Edge.
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Log Text: Beautiful sunny morning walk from Wotton-under-Edge, up and over to Waterley Bottom down the valley to join the Cotswold Way and head up through North Nibley and up the steep Cotswold Edge to the Tyndale Monument. Then all along the edge of the hills, through beautiful bluebell, wild garlic and anemone filled woods, taking in the atmospheric old iron age fort of Brackenbury Ditches before out into the open above Wotton, dropping steeply down into the town for a pint in The Star.
Bellever Tor 3
Date Added: 29th Jan 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bellever Tor 3 submitted by Anne T on 13th Oct 2016. The Black Newtake North 1 cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks.
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Log Text: A long and difficult walk through long grass on very uneven ground to try and find this marked on the map as "Cist", which I only found using the gps. I found a single standing stone which I thought must be it, but then while taking photos I almost fell into the cist nearby!