Shrewsbury Tumulus
Introduction
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Shrewsbury Tumulus
Image: © Marathon Taken: 1 Apr 2020
This is a most unlikely setting for a Bronze Age tumulus - amidst suburban roads on the side of Shooters Hill. This view is looking from Plum Lane and the road on the right is Brinklow Crescent. Fortunately there is a notice explaining that this is an ancient tumulus, otherwise the passer by would assume it is just another small piece of remnant grassland lost in suburbia.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.474758
Longitude
0.070035