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Image of Gallibury Hump (Round Barrow(s)) by A R Cane

Looking North back towards the mainland. Shame about the barbed wire fence around it, but the field was full of cattle so maybe the farmer was trying to preserve it.

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Image of Gallibury Hump (Round Barrow(s)) by A R Cane

Looking East. Sure must be a lot of dead Frenchmen in there!

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Image of Gallibury Hump (Round Barrow(s)) by A R Cane

Looking back north from the ‘Tennyson Trail’.

Image credit: A R Cane

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Gallibury Hump
Round Barrow(s)

Gallibury Hump is the most conspicuous of the barrows on Brightstone Down – in fact, at three metres high it’s probably the biggest round barrow on the Isle of Wight. According to Dyer’s ‘Southern England’ it’s largely composed of flints.

Sir John Oglander described it in 1640 as being “where ye ffrench weare buried, being overcome theyre in a battayle” – hence neatly explaining its purpose and name in one.

Dyer however backs the explanation that a gallows probably stood on it.

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