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Further Excavations at Nympsfield Chambered Tomb Gloucestershire, 1974

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2014

Alan Saville
Alan Saville
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Craags, The Archaeological Centre, Mark Lane, Bristol, BS1 4XR
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The Nympsfield chambered tomb or long barrow (NGR SO 79390132) is situated to the north-west of Nympsfield village, in the parish of Frocester, and occupies a position on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment. The tomb is at 237 m (777 ft) above Ordnance Datum, on a slight eminence, and lies on a bedrock of Inferior Oolite limestone. The site overlooks the Severn Valley, though the view in this direction is currently obscured by the trees of the wooded scarp slope, which in turn prevents an assessment of whether or not the tomb could be seen from the Vale (Note 1, following Appendices).

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 45 , December 1979 , pp. 53 - 91
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1979

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