Berendes Beorh

Nearest town:
Wimborne Minster (16km SSE)
OS reference:
SU014163
OS sheet:
184
Latitude:
50° 56' 43.98 N
Longitude:
1° 58' 48.25 W
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Image of Berendes Beorh (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

The two adjacent barrows seen from the agger of Ackling Dyke, looking west.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 18/05/10
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formicaant May 18, 2010
Image of Berendes Beorh (Round Barrow(s)) by formicaant

The pair of barrows, on the ridge above Oakley Down barrow cemetery, looking south from the cemtery.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 15/05/10
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formicaant May 15, 2010

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Berendes Beorh

formicaant
formicaant Nov 1, 2007

This large bowl barrow, paired with a smaller one, is to the west of Ackling dyke. On the crest of a hill, to the north is Oakley down and to the south is Wyke down barrow cemetery. This area is covered in barrows of all types including several long barrows. To the east of the barrow is the Dorset cursus, indeed on Bottlebush down is some of the remaining cursus bank.
Incidentally the Anglo – Saxon naming is quite rare in Dorset, the Saxons, it’s reckoned didn’t fully conquer the area until about 700c.e.
The word berende means plentiful or productive and may refer to the large size of the barrow. Beorh is the root of the modern word barrow.

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Nov 2007

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