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Nine Barrows Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

Folklore

The nine barrows are said to be the graves of nine kings who fell in a great battle nearby. That must have been some battle for nine kings to be involved.

(mentioned in Grinsell's 'Ancient Burial Mounds of England' 1936).
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
21st July 2005ce

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