On Top of Mersea Mound
Introduction
The photograph on this page of On Top of Mersea Mound by Glyn Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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On Top of Mersea Mound
Image: © Glyn Baker Taken: 14 Sep 2014
This is the "roof" of the Image The chimney is an air shaft installed a long time after the 1912 excavation. After the excavation was concluded a concrete tunnel was constructed to the burial chamber see Image and the trench was filled in to restore the shape of the mound.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.791044
Longitude
0.931402