#95 The Grey Mare & her Colts Long Barrow - 7 May 24 

Hi Peter, an interesting comment. I think most of the long barrows with pinch points are probably the result of antiquarian archaeologists doing excavations, cutting trenches through the mounds in search of burials [treasure]. In the case of West Kennet there are two narrow points, one of them likely because the barrow was built in two phases but the other was because a farmer dug a cart track through the barrow to quarry flints and chalk for road surfacing, which somewhat upset the land owner at the time 😄 Most of the other barrows I've visited are usually similar reasons, I.e. locals excavating the mound to rob sarcens for building, gateposts, etc or antiquarians digging exploratory holes. I'll mention them when they occur on future videos. Thanks for watching and many thanks for the great comment.