Barrow Hill (Buckland Dinham) Long Barrow View all content for Barrow Hill (Buckland Dinham)

I was fortunate enough to visit this site in low light which showed up a depression where the barrow was reported to stand. If the reports of it being constructed as a 'vaulted tumulus' similar to Stoney Littleton are correct, the chambers may have extended into the hill. Not much to see here but I could clearly make out the Murtry Hill stones (see picture) There was a map of the site by the cycle path but I got the impression that the Saxon cemetery and the position of the Long Barrow had been swapped to put off anybody who might use a metal detector. Buckland colliery is situated on the opposite side of the hill from the barrow site. Two shafts were sunk in 1879 but they filled with water and no coal was ever produced. The long barrow may have been built over a blind well connecting an underground waterway. ACCESS The easiest and quickest route to this site is via the footpath at ST 75083 49920, just past the Great Elm railway bridge. The barrow was situated at the top of the hill, behind what is now a wooded area, but was originally the old quarry mentioned in the Pastscape record. Decided I would take the longer but downhill walk to this site. Can't say I would recommend it to anyone else who would choose to visit, unless they had the time, as it was much easier to visit from the gate by Great Elm.

Posted by Chance 2nd February 2014ce

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