Seven Sisters

Nearest town:
Bristol (2km SSE)
OS reference:
ST571753
OS sheet:
172
Latitude:
51° 28' 28.19 N
Longitude:
2° 37' 3.93 W
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Images

Image of Seven Sisters (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

Possible Bronze Age barrow for goalposts? Isn’t it? Marvellous.

Image credit: A. Brookes (28.1.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 24, 2024
Image of Seven Sisters (Round Barrow(s)) by thesweetcheat

There’s a definite circular mound, but as to it being a barrow, who knows? Handy bench to sit on while you ponder.

Image credit: A. Brookes (28.1.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 24, 2024

Articles

Seven Sisters

hamish
hamish Jan 30, 2004

This feature is on Durdham Down just off the Westbury Road not far from the Water Tower. It is possible for this to be an old Barrow, but it could also be the result of tree roots pushing the ground up. An old map-1889- shows Druidical Stones about three quarters of a mile away near Druid Stoke. Down load the pics and zoom in and see what you think.

Miscellaneous

Seven Sisters
Round Barrow(s)
M
Martyn Feb 26, 2004

Equally boringly, the mound is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition (1881) as a tree-clump circle, while O’Neil and Grinsell (in trans Bristol & Glos ArchSoc 1960, page 100) note that the name ‘Seven Sisters’ derives from the seven fir trees originally planted there.

Miscellaneous

Seven Sisters
Round Barrow(s)
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Feb 26, 2004

Rather boringly I read in ‘Gloucestershire Barrows 1961-1988’ (in trans brs glouc. arch soc magazine v107) that the seven sisters isn’t a barrow, it’s a filled in quarry.

Miscellaneous

Seven Sisters
Round Barrow(s)
pure joy
pure joy Jan 30, 2004

Whilst I was at Clifton Suspension Bridge in late Dec I saw an interesting topic on the information board for the Downs. Info on the ‘Seven Sisters’ said “A circle of pine trees, five of which are original, having been planted about 1871. The two added in 1991 replaced losses from the 1990 storms. They stand on a slight mound situated on a high point on Durdham Downs, a location thought to have been a Bronze Age round barrow dating from some 3-4,000 years ago”

Nothing shown on OS map. Nothing mentioned on the ‘Magic’ web site.

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