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Auchenlaich sounds a lot like Long low in description, which imo doesn't fit with the Dorset Bank barrows using a comparative approach beyond the fact its a very long mound used for burying people.

On the subject of Bank Barrows, Formicant (or anyone else nearby) there is a very Dorset bank barrowesque mound pointing straight at Pen Hill long barrow on the edge of the Mendips. So if you are round that way at any point...

juamei wrote:
Auchenlaich sounds a lot like Long low in description, which imo doesn't fit with the Dorset Bank barrows using a comparative approach beyond the fact its a very long mound used for burying people.
They are similar but bank barrows don't necessarily have a primary burial and are really closer to a cursus than a barrow .I think the Dorset bank barrows may belong to a different class although the Maiden Castle bank barrow might fit into the former .