Skelmore Heads Longbarrow

Nearest town:
Ulverston (4km N)
OS reference:
SD274754
OS sheets:
96, 97
Latitude:
54° 10' 8.33 N
Longitude:
3° 6' 43.91 W
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Image of Skelmore Heads Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by postman

Looking over the wall over the barrow by the stones up to the fort.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 23, 2013
Image of Skelmore Heads Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by postman

Two good stones adorn this long barrow, the closer one is so gnarly I took it to be an old tree stump at first.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 23, 2013
Image of Skelmore Heads Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by postman

Tumulus is a minor understatement, it should also say “with stones on top”

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Jun 23, 2013

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Skelmore Heads Longbarrow

postman
postman Jun 23, 2013

Parking was easily obtained in a field with no gate north of the tumulus and fort. A three minute walk up a gentle hill and the long barrow is just over the wall and just under the forts northern edge. It is more interesting than the fort.
For a long barrow it is not noticeably long, and for a mere tumulus it has two very noticeable stones at its eastern end. What they are for I don’t know, surely not part of a chamber, are they even ancient ? I just don’t know.
The two stones are very dissimilar, one wide and broad, the other tall and pointy. The latter is so gnarly that at first glance I took it to be an old tree stump, but stone it be made of, to a fetching degree.
Good barrow, bonus stones, good veiw. Yaaay !
Emergency at home gotta go immediately. Boooo !

Skelmore Heads Longbarrow

treehugger-uk
treehugger-uk Oct 13, 2005

The SMR lists this site as a Long Barrow although its the smallest long barrow ive ever seen! With maximum dimensions of 22M long and 13M wide by 1.5M high. Theres 2 stones that protrude out over a metre high from the barrow that really dont line up with the barrow but seem to frame a hill in the distance which imitates the shape of the barrow.
The barrow itself sits on a gently sloping plateau at the foot of Great Urswick Hillfort.

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