Monument record MDO5614 - Long barrow south of Gussage Hill, Gussage St Michael

A long barrow crossed by a modern hedge and much reduced by ploughing. This monument appears to have been at least 200 feet long and 85 feet across with a mound 3 feet high.

Long Barrow (99301310), South of Gussage Hill, lies 340 ft. above O.D. on the crest of a spur sloping S.E. The barrow, aligned E.S.E.-W.N.W., has been much reduced by ploughing. The mound is about 200 ft. long, 85 ft. across and 3 ft. high. No side ditches are visible. <3>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 79 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, 1963 (Map). SDO11924.

(ST 99301310) Long Barrow (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 25 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Of the five certain long barrows in the parish, four ((11), (12), (14), (15)) lie close to the Cursus (9) and are clearly associated with it. Together with the round barrows they compose two barrow groups, respectively on Thickthorn Down and Gussage Hill. … (13) Long Barrow (99301310), South of Gussage Hill, lies 340 ft. above O.D. on the crest of a spur sloping S.E. The barrow, aligned E.S.E.-W.N.W., has been much reduced by ploughing. The mound is about 200 ft. long, 85 ft. across and 3 ft. high. No side ditches are visible.'

<4> Barrett, J, Bradley, R and Green, M, 1991, Landscape, Monuments and Society: the prehistory of Cranborne Chase (Monograph). SDO16633.

<5> Kinnes, I, 1992, Non-Megalithic Long Barrows and Allied Structures in the British Neolithic, No 52 (Monograph). SDO10065.

<6> McOmish, D and Tuck, C, 2002, The Dorset Cursus (Unpublished document). SDO16471.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210023 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 13 2022 10:07AM