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Submitted by JimChampion on Sunday, 29 May 2005  Page Views: 13280

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Farley Mount
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Hampshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Winchester  Nearest Village: Hursley
Map Ref: SU403290
Latitude: 51.058932N  Longitude: 1.42634W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
4 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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MartinJEley visited on 1st Jan 1970 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I have visited this many times in the past, including one visit on horseback.

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Farley Mount
Farley Mount submitted by JimChampion : May 2005. The mound and obelisk from the southwest. Not all sources agree as to whether this mound was originally a round barrow or not. There are many other round barrows in the surrounding area, but if this was a barrow it must have been made much more prominent when it was turned into the grave for a lucky 18th century horse: it currently has a Silbury-esque gradient. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Hampshire

The Hampshire Treasures resource classes this site as a Bronze Age bowl barrow, with the brief description "Obelisk erected on top of barrow". Other sources are not so certain as to whether the mound was originally a barrow. Its location on a high point on the chalk downland is typical for Hampshire round barrows, and there are several other Bronze Age barrows nearby. This is, of course, circumstantial evidence: more substantial proof is lacking due to the more modern modifications to the site.

If this is indeed a Bronze age burial site, then it underwent an unusual (and somewhat belated) secondary burial in the 18th century in the form of a racehorse called "Chalk Pit". Its owner had a 10 metre high pyramid build over the top of the grave to commemorate the horse that probably saved his life and certainly brought him financial gain. In the words of the plaque on the monument: Underneath lies buried a horse, the property of Paulet St John Esq, that in the month of September 1733 leaped into a chalk pit twentyfive feet deep a foxhunting with his master on his back. And in October 1734 he won the Hunters Plate on Worthy Downs and was rode by his owner and entered in the name of "Beware Chalk Pit".

The Farley Mount Country Park website says that "part of the [recent] repair work included a resistivity survey of the mound ... to see if there was a void, or disturbance, where the horse may have been buried. Nothing of interest was found." Presumably this means that nothing prehistoric was found either.

Access The mound lies within the Farley Mount country park, managed by Hampshire County Council, and is open to the public at all times. Stop at the "Monument car park" on the southern side of the narrow lane that runs E-W through the park. Head up the Clarendon Way footpath and the site is obvious from the gleaming white pyramid on top of the mound (which can be seen from many miles away on a clear day).
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Farley Mount
Farley Mount submitted by JimChampion : A wintry view of the mound and obelisk from the south, not long before sunset. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Farley Mount
Farley Mount submitted by JimChampion : August 2007. The mound and obelisk from the southwest. Not all sources agree as to whether this mound was originally a round barrow or not. There are many other round barrows in the surrounding area, but if this was a barrow it must have been made much more prominent when it was turned into the grave for a lucky 18th century horse: it currently has a Silbury-esque gradient. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Farley Mount
Farley Mount submitted by JimChampion : May 2005. The mound and 18th century obelisk from the northeast. An Iron Age enclosure occupied the land between here and the obelisk, although modern ploughing has removed much of the ditch and banks from view. The obelisk has been recently restored and gleams white in the sunlight: it was quite noticeable on this same afternoon from Danebury hillfort over 11 km away. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU4029 : Mount Down from inside the monument by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2006(licence)
SU4029 : Seat at the monument by Richard Dorrell
by Richard Dorrell
©2012(licence)
SU4028 : Rosehips, Mount Down by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2009(licence)
SU4029 : Monument view by Richard Dorrell
by Richard Dorrell
©2012(licence)
SU4029 : The monument at Farley Mount by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2007(licence)

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Re: Farley Mount by SumDoood on Tuesday, 03 December 2019
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1.58mls SW of here is the house where Fairport Convention wrote and recorded Liege & Lief: Farley House, off Farley Lane at Hursley. https://youtu.be/pGWstVDbQoY
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