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<< Our Photo Pages >> Poor Lot Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Dorset

Submitted by bec-zog on Wednesday, 22 October 2003  Page Views: 15773

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Poor Lot Barrows
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Long Bredy
Map Ref: SY589907  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.714468N  Longitude: 2.583507W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Unravel visited on 17th Jan 2026 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 2 As suggested by English Heritage we parked on Longlands Lane (plenty of space on the verge), close to the Portesham junction and followed the public footpath, part of which is the Jubilee trail in the direction of West Hill Farm. It's about a mile walk along tracks and across farm land. Luckily no cattle were grazing. The barrows spread across both sides of the A35 and there are some amazing shapes, especially the disc barrow. It was a bleak winters day so we didn't feel the full ambience, but I imagine it would be beautiful in spring or summer. If the ground is dry you could sit awhile with a cup of tea and really enjoy the site and surrounding landscape.

JimChampion TimPrevett have visited here

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : Some of the Poor Lot Barrows from the top of the wonderful X51 bus double decker bus (This route and/or the coastal route from Weymouth to Axminster are two of the best bus routes for views in the country) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery of bowl, bell, pond and disk barrows in Dorset

Poor Lot Barrows Dorset :SY589907,SY 592908, SY591,906

Forty four barrows located in this area located between Winterbourne Abbas, Kingstone Russell and Little Bredy. Near the A35 (south side) there are 20 bowl barrows, e.g. a superb ditched bowl barrow 40.3m diam. 3.7m high next to a disc barrow. Further barrows located up the hillside, and in field on the N side of the road.  [ref.  L. V. Grinsel Dorset Barrows 1959]

Access The site is owned by English Heritage with free entry at any reasonable time (whatever that means). The entrance is not at all obvious: the EH website describes it as "access via Wellbottom Lodge - 180 metres along A35 from junction (ref SY 590906)". From the A35 you go up a driveway (its a bridleway too) for about 20m and where it turns to the left there is a small wooden gate directly ahead of you. Parking is nearly impossible - don't do anything dangerous or illegal.
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Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : In this lidar image take a Look at the stunning amount of (mostly ploughed out) barrows to the north of The Poor Lot Barrow Group (In the blue circle at the bottom of the image), I think it's safe to say this was once a nationally important burial ground, Maybe even an important european burial ground, As the amount of barrows here seem far more than needed for the few folks that lived around here... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : Poor Lot Barrows lidar image Source: www.lidarfinder.com (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The Barrow at SY58809077 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The barrows at SY58769078 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : Looking over part of the hard to see Disc barrow towards the largest Bowl Barrow at SY58899072 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : Looking over the Pond Barrow towards the largest Barrow at SY58899072

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : Looking over the hard to see Disc Barrow towards the largest (dug into) Bowl Barrow at the Poor Lot Barrows

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The largest of the Poor Lot Barrows at SY58899072

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The bank of the large disc Barrow at SY59199051, It's center was totally flooded and this made the bank stand out more

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The bank of the large disc Barrow at SY59199051, The flooding made for an interesting visit

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The clear bank of the large disc Barrow at SY59199051

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The bank of the large disc Barrow at SY59199051, With It's center totally flooded

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The bank of the large disc Barrow at SY59199051

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The bank of the large disc Barrow at SY59199051, It's center was totally flooded when i was there, This certainly made the bank stand out more

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : Poor Lot Barrows sign, You can't beat a well positioned sign to help educate folks about these places

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The largest of the Poor Lot Barrows from the top of the wonderful X51 bus

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The barrow with a fence over it at SY58739056

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The Barrow at SY58739066

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The low ploughed barrow at SY58629057

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The Disc Barrow at SY59159083 with a long barrow behind it

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Poor Lot Barrows submitted by Bladup : The Barrow at SY59059055

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset 26/11/20 at the Poor Lot Barrows. Best point of access is from the south east, considerate parking near a junction, and then following the Jubilee Trail signs north west ish. Spoke (distantly) with a man from the adjoining property who confirmed this was the best point of access. Photo on iPhone 11.

Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrows submitted by TimPrevett : Attempted visit 13/08/17; this site is nigh on inaccessible from the roadside, only previously having visited from paths from the ridgeway. It's very frustrating not having better access to what is really quite a magnificent barrow cemetery. Looking to access from the layby, there is none from the roadside, and it's a very fast, dangerous road with no pedestrian access. If anything, I did end up g...

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