Home Site Map Avebury Stonehenge Glastonbury Hermitage Castle Rosslyn Chapel Callanais Machrie Moor Wayland's Smithy Aldworth Giants Doon Hill Uffington Crossraguel Abbey Castlerigg Cerne Abbas Tomnahurich Clava Cairns Kilmartin Dunadd Spynie Palace St Bees Priory Arbor Low Silbury Hill West Kennet Longbarrow St Moluag's Church West Kennet Long Barrow West Kennet Long Barrow is one of the largest and most impressive Neolithic graves in Britain. It is a lengthened barrow of 320 feet standing about 8 feet high. In the early phase the barrow had bare chalk sides, and would have stood stark against the landscape. The barrow had a long period of use but was finally sealed by the huge sarcen stones that can now be seen at its entrance. The inner chamber, which has four side chambers and an end chamber, was excavated in 1859 and in 1955 - 56. The human remains of up to 46 people were discovered, the bones sorted into different groups. According to folklore the barrow is visited by a ghostly white figure with a white red-eared hound on Midsummers day. He enters the mound at sunrise, and may be a folk memory of a ritual event on the solstice. The spirit dog seems to have the characteristics of a fairy hound. Map ref: SU 105 677 Directions: South of the A4 on a dirt track-way, the barrow is visible from the road and Silbury Hill.