Gussage Hill

Nearest town:
Blandford Forum (14km SW)
OS reference:
ST991141
OS sheet:
195
Latitude:
50° 55' 32.75 N
Longitude:
2° 0' 46.1 W
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Images

Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Perhaps these long barrows were always marooned within crop?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 16, 2012
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

What a fine, well preserved long barrow. With ditches......... oh, which happens to stand in line with the Dorset Cursus...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 16, 2012
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

The arguably even finer long barrow to the north west. Again, there was a route through the crop.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 16, 2012
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Southern long barrow. Believe it or not... there was a route through the crop. Having said that, a winter visit would be best.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 16, 2012
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Oh yeah! A fine, upstanding long barrow,

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 16, 2012
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

The southern long barrow... so near and (apparently) so far. However tractor tracks afforded a route to the monument with no damage to the crop. And that’s a fact!

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 16, 2012
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by UncleRob

Jumping for joy at my destination, the focal point of the Cursus as solar ritual. You can see some areas at the base of the mound where cows (I presume) have scraped away the grass.

Image credit: Copyright waived UncleRob
UncleRob
UncleRob Sep 3, 2009
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by formicaant

This footpath runs along the Agger of the Ackling dyke, close to Gussage Long barrows.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 01/08/2007.
formicaant
formicaant Aug 1, 2007
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by formicaant

The full length of the western long barrow from the north.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 01/08/2007.
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formicaant Aug 1, 2007
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by formicaant

A small round barrow close to the east long barrow, very near the footpath.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 01/08/2007.
formicaant
formicaant Aug 1, 2007
Image of Gussage Hill (Long Barrow) by formicaant

The eastern long barrow from the north east.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 01/08/2007.
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formicaant Aug 1, 2007

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Gussage Hill

formicaant
formicaant Aug 1, 2007

These two long barrows are about a hundred yards apart. They are in good condition and are large in size. Slightly to the north of the eastern most barrow is a small low round barrow. Although it can be seen, the nearby settlement site is very overgrown at the moment and probably needs to be seen in winter.

Miscellaneous

Gussage Hill
Long Barrow
formicaant
formicaant May 26, 2007

Two long barrows in good condition, one of which appears to be overlaying the Dorset Cursus. Very close by is a settlement which now largely appears only as a crop / parch mark.

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