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<< Our Photo Pages >> Five Marys - Barrow Cemetery in England in Dorset

Submitted by Thorgrim on Monday, 13 October 2003  Page Views: 13487

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Five Marys
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: East Chaldon
Map Ref: SY790842  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.657094N  Longitude: 2.298444W
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.
 4 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.
 3 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
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Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by Andy B : From the Burnham family holiday to East Dorset, June 2003 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Dorset. There are actually 7 or 8 round barrows strung out in a line alongside the ridgeway.

Three are bell-barrows and one is a pond-barrow. None have been excavated, but all have been previously dug into.
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Five Marys submitted by AngieLake : In this photo of the description of the hand-sewn wartime picture, the wavy line representing the barrows can be seen. (Check earlier photo sub for actual picture.) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by AngieLake : This hand-sewn wartime picture shows the barrows in the distance. It hangs in Chaldon Herring church, with a description (see next pic) above it. (The barrows can be seen from the front of the church, btw.) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Five Marys submitted by AngieLake : A marker stone at the beginning of the track to the barrow cemetery. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by AngieLake : Looking west at the first and second barrow (2nd in foreground). 6 May. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by AngieLake : Standing on the easterly barrow looking west across the others. I'm sure there were more than five. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by TimPrevett : A hoped for sunset at Five Marys 8th Nov 2010... not to be, but a lovely and accessible barrow cemetery nevertheless...

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by TimPrevett

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset about 8.35 on Friday 13th August 2004, between two of the Five Marys. My guidebook notes claims of two burials here with associated antler headware. It was a pleasing coincidence when standing upon the top of the western barrow, to be alarmed by a rustling in the adjoining field boundary, which revealed a startled stag, which then bolted the length of the barrows!

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by Andy B : From the Burnham family holiday to East Dorset, June 2003

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by Andy B

Five Marys
Five Marys submitted by Andy B (2 comments)

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Re: Five Marys Skeletons found with Antlers on their shoulders. by AngieLake on Sunday, 10 May 2015
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In his book, 'Sacred Dorset, on the Path of the Dragon' [Capall Bann, 1998], Peter Knight writes:
"On a hill overlooking Chaldon Herring, NW of Lulworth, a Bronze Age barrow covered two adult skeletons with antlers resting on their shoulders. Another barrow close by had a single skeleton laid out in an identical fashion. Clearly the antlers were considered to be a symbol of growth and re-birth and were to aid the deceased on their journey to the spirit world."

I couldn't help but think about the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance while reading this. Those antlers are kept in the church in that village - well worth a visit if you're in the Stafford-Derby area.
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