The Grey Mare and her Colts

The Grey Mare and her Colts is a megalithic chambered long barrow located near Abbotsbury in Dorset, England [1]. It was built during the Early and Middle Neolithic periods (3400-2400 BC) [1]. The tomb was partially excavated in the early nineteenth century, and was found to contain human bones and several pottery fragments [1]. The monument is part of a group of similar monuments spread across the South Dorset Ridgeway [1]. The burial monument today is a nearly rectangular mound, 24 m long, 1 m high, and tapering in width from 13 m wide at the southeast end of the tomb to 8 m wide at the northwest end [1].