<< Our Photo Pages >> Pimperne Long Barrow - Long Barrow in England in Dorset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Pimperne Long BarrowCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Blandford Forum Nearest Village: Pimperne
Map Ref: ST917105 Landranger Map Number: 195
Latitude: 50.893920N Longitude: 2.119383W
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 |
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The barrow's parallel ditches have long since silted up and are no longer visible. Its larger end points SSE, along the direction of the ridge that it lies on. It is the westernmost long barrow of the Cranborne Chase group (although there are long barrows on top of Hambledon Hill, 7km to the west) and separate from the Dorset Cursus cluster.
Access This barrow lies alongside a public bridleway, about 300m north of the A354 where it crests the ridge (near a turning for the MOD camp and war memorial). There are laybys on both sides of the road, on the Pimperne side of the ridge. If you're coming from the Salisbury direction then you can see the barrow from the road, the layby is immediately after you've crested the hill. Coming from the opposite direction (Pimperne/Blandford Forum) the barrow isn't so obvious but the layby is. Great views over Cranborne Chase.
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