Honeycombe Farm

Nearest town:
Stroud (10km WSW)
OS reference:
SO930089
OS sheet:
163
Latitude:
51° 46' 41.58 N
Longitude:
2° 6' 5.31 W
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Image of Honeycombe Farm (Long Barrow) by thesweetcheat

The low mound (barely) seen from the NW on the Cotswold plateau.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.4.2009)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 5, 2009
Image of Honeycombe Farm (Long Barrow) by thesweetcheat

Not easy to photograph, the rise in the field is only discernable if you follow the tractor tracks away from the camera, where they take a slight upward tilt as they hit the barrow. Where’s Postman with better camera skills?

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.4.2009)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 5, 2009

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Honeycombe Farm

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 5, 2009

Not much to be seen here. A footpath crosses the field, running passed the NE end of the barrow. This was a long barrow worthy of the name, but sadly unless you know it was there you wouldn’t even notice it.

The barrow has been ploughed down to the point of non-existence, leaving only a long, low rise in the field. There are no records of excavation here, so it is not possible to know whether or not it was an earthen barrow or whether it ever had any chambers.

Still, there’s a nice pub at Miserden, so it was almost worth the walk from Painswick!

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