The Grey Mare and her Colts

The Grey Mare and her Colts
Shown within Dorset
Location Dorset
Coordinates 50°40′54″N 2°35′22″W / 50.68161°N 2.58946°W
Type Dolmen

The Grey Mare and her Colts (grid reference SY584870) is a long barrow and burial chamber near Abbotsbury in Dorset, England.

Description

The Grey Mare and her Colts is situated at the head of a dry valley in the parish of Long Bredy.[1] It is accessible using an Ordnance Survey map. The remains of another tomb, the Hell Stone, is 2 kilometres to the east; while the Kingston Russell Stone Circle is around 1 kilometre to the northwest.

The remnants of the burial chamber are located at the southeast end of a long barrow.[2] The long barrow is a rectangular mound, orientated northwest to southeast and 24 metres long. The mound tapers in width from the southeast end (13 metres) to the northwest end (8 metres).[1] The burial chamber and facade are ruined and the capstone has fallen down.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Historic England. "The Grey Mare and her Colts (450303 )". PastScape. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Glyn E. Daniel (1950), The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales, page 93. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 110769762X