<< Our Photo Pages >> Pentridge 2 - Long Barrow in England in Dorset
Submitted by JimChampion on Friday, 01 April 2005 Page Views: 6038
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pentridge 2Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.158 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Village: Pentridge
Map Ref: SU04111907
Latitude: 50.971032N Longitude: 1.942839W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
I have visited· I would like to visit
JimChampion has visited here
This large neolithic barrow, around 150m long, 20m wide and 2m high, lies on a fairly flat part of Martin Down on the Dorset side of the Romano-British Bokerley Dyke. Its axis points SE-NW, with the wider flatter end to the SE and the taller narrower end pointing to (and just a few metres away from) the NE terminal of the Dorset Cursus (now ploughed out and seen only as crop marks). It is suggested that the barrow is contemporary with the cursus and deliberately aligned on its terminal, as are several other long barrows in the neighbourhood.
The present day form of the barrow comprises two distinct parts: the taller narrower part (tree-covered) to the north-east and the wider flatter part (grass-covered) to the south-west. These parts are 50m and 90m long, respectively. Although they have been considered to be two cojoined long barrows, probing and aerial photography has revealed them to have a common continuous ditch (now ploughed out). Another suggestion is that the western part is a classic long barrow, with the eastern part as a tail that was added later: the presence of the Dorset Cursus terminal would have prevented expansion in the other direction.
The barrow stands as an impressive neolithic monument that has survived the ravages of the plough, unlike the nearby Dorset Cursus earthworks. Note: There is a slightly overgrown round barrow at the south-east end of the bank barrow.
Access The Pentridge 2 barrow stands in the middle of an arable field which is criss-crossed by public rights of way. The field is bordered to the north-east by the Bokerley Dyke, and this much later earthwork provides an easy way of finding the barrow. On the east side of the dyke is Martin Down national nature reserve which has its own car parks at SU037201 (just off the busy A354) and at SU058192 (at the western end of Sillen Lane from central Martin village). You could try approaching along the bridleway from Pentridge village to the south, but there is little scope for parking in this tiny village.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
170m NW 320° Pentridge Cursus Cursus (SU040192)
303m S 172° Pentridge 1* Long Barrow (SU04151877)
478m NNW 334° Pentridge 3* Long Barrow (SU039195)
612m W 263° Bokerley Dyke* Misc. Earthwork (SU035190)
949m NNE 12° Martin Down Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU043200)
1.5km NNW 335° Vernditch Chase (South)* Long Barrow (SU035204)
1.6km SE 127° Blagdon Hill tumuli* Round Barrow(s) (SU054181)
1.9km SE 124° Grim's Ditch (Hampshire) Misc. Earthwork (SU05651802)
2.0km S 186° Penbury Knoll* Hillfort (SU039171)
2.2km NNW 341° Vernditch Chase (North)* Long Barrow (SU03402113)
2.5km ESE 113° Tidpit Common Down Long Barrow (SU064181)
2.7km SW 217° Pentridge 4* Long Barrow (SU025169)
2.7km NE 56° Longbarrow House* Long Barrow (SU064206)
2.9km SW 232° Oakley Down Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU01821731)
3.0km WNW 286° Bokerley Dyke Misc. Earthwork (SU01241990)
3.4km WSW 238° Wor Barrow* Long Barrow (SU01241729)
3.9km SW 218° Dorset Cursus* Cursus (SU01751600)
3.9km SW 224° Bottlebush Down barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU01381625)
4.1km NNW 329° Marleycombe Hill, earthworks* Misc. Earthwork (SU020226)
4.3km SW 217° Pentridge Cursus Cursus (SU015156)
4.3km SW 217° Gussage St Michael Cursus Cursus (SU015156)
4.5km ESE 109° Soldiers Ring (Dorset)* Misc. Earthwork (SU084176)
4.5km W 275° Mistlebury* Hillfort (ST99581948)
4.7km E 90° Knoll Down tumuli* Round Barrow(s) (SU088191)
4.7km NE 53° Furze Down Long Barrow (SU0791621895)
View more nearby sites and additional images