Long Burgh

Nearest town:
Seaford (5km SSW)
OS reference:
TQ510034
OS sheet:
199
Latitude:
50° 48' 35.44 N
Longitude:
0° 8' 36.56 E
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Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Wilderness.... looking west. I tried to force a passage through but only got so far.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Oct 9, 2011
Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

The relatively clear eastern end.....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Oct 9, 2011
Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

From the approx south.... quite substantial.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Oct 9, 2011
Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

And looking uphill (obviously). To be honest, if you didn’t know it was a long barrow.... you’d walk right past it, so overgrown is the monument.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Oct 9, 2011
Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

What I assume to be the ‘head’ of the long barrow to the approx east... the heavily overgrown ‘body’ of the monument heads out of frame to the right of the skeletal trees. The track sweeps approx south downhill towards Alfriston.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Oct 9, 2011
Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by Cursuswalker

The view East towards Windover Hill, home of the Long Man of Wilmington, from Long Burgh.

Taken 17/4/99

Image credit: Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Jan 25, 2004
Image of Long Burgh (Long Barrow) by Cursuswalker

Long Burgh Long Barrow, with South Down’s Way in the foreground. Easy to miss if you aren’t looking for it!

Taken 17/4/99

Image credit: Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Jan 25, 2004

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Long Burgh

Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Jan 25, 2004

Not an impressive Long Barrow, in terms of its definition within the landscape, but it does cover quite an area.

It occupies its own enclosure within scrub growth along the South Downs Way and is easy to miss. Stand upon it and look at the view east and it’s easy to see why it was put here.

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