Dunseal

English Heritage’s list of Scheduled Monuments describes this as a bowl barrow, though other sources call it a long barrow. A long boundary mound (with ‘possible prehistoric origins’) lies adjacent.

Nearest town:
Hereford (14km ENE)
OS reference:
SO391338
OS sheets:
149, 161
Latitude:
51° 59' 55.73 N
Longitude:
2° 53' 13.82 W
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Image of Dunseal (Round Barrow(s)) by postman

It’s taken me 16 years to get to this one

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Mar 26, 2023
Image of Dunseal (Round Barrow(s)) by postman

These very well behaved sheep never made a sound, note the one black sheep, every family has one.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Mar 26, 2023
Image of Dunseal (Round Barrow(s)) by postman

Dutiful son obliges for scale purposes only

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postman Mar 26, 2023
Image of Dunseal (Round Barrow(s)) by postman

George Nash in his Architecture of death (keep it light George) calls it a long barrow, then says it could have been round at one point, then says it’s probably a long barrow.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
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postman Mar 26, 2023

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Dunseal
Round Barrow(s)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Feb 2, 2009

Directions taken from “Herefordshire Register of Countryside Treasures” (1981 H&W County Council).

“NE along minor road to Kerry’s Gate from B.4347 and just through hamlet in field on left side of road.”

Miscellaneous

Dunseal
Round Barrow(s)
postman
postman Mar 12, 2007

Dunseal longbarrow is intact and unexcavated, it stands 175m above sea level,and measures about 27m x 14m and 2m tall.
The barrow marks the eastern extent of neolithic activity and the south eastern extent of the Black mountains group .
Date of construction is unknown but its position on a narrow ridge with panoramic views is suggestive of late neolithic/early bronze age.

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