barrow

barrow is an archaeological site in Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, England. barrow is situated nearby to GB Cave, as well as near Charterhouse Cave.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tyning’s Barrow Swallet and GB Cave.

Tyning’s Barrow Swallet

Cave

Tyning's Barrow Swallet is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is close to GB Cave and also to Charterhouse Cave, the deepest cave in the region. Tyning’s Barrow Swallet is situated 430 feet east of barrow.

GB Cave

Cave

Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first entered on 19 November 1939, after ten months of digging, by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and was named in recognition of the two members, F. GB Cave is situated 2,000 feet east of barrow.

Charterhouse Cave

Cave

Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. Charterhouse Cave is situated 2,500 feet east of barrow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Black Down and Rowberrow.

Black Down

Locality

Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley.

Rowberrow

Hamlet

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Rowberrow is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shipham in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Rowberrow is situated 1½ miles northwest of barrow.

Burrington

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, just off the A368 between Blagdon and Churchill. Burrington is situated 2 miles north of barrow.

barrow

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.304° or 51° 18′ 14″ north

Longitude

-2.76177° or 2° 45′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C3V863Q+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3493484713

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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