Things were different in prehistory. Contrary to rdavymed’s modern assessment, this long barrow has been inspiring at times. It seems to have been the focus for a later cemetery of Bronze Age round barrows – there are four close by and a number of others in the vicinity. It didn’t escape Roman attention either, as a burial with Samian pottery was found in the mound: it is after all but a step away from the Roman road and remains of the aqueduct that took water to Roman Dorchester. The barrow may also have a view over the confluence of the Cerne and the Frome below?
(info from the s.m. record on Magic).