Thickthorn Down Long Barrows

The Thickthorn Down Long Barrows are two Neolithic long barrows, near the village of Gussage St Michael in Dorset, England [1]. They are near the south-western end of the Dorset Cursus, a Neolithic feature [1]. The long barrows are situated on a ridge on Thickthorn Down [1]. The barrow to the north-west, which is unexcavated, is rectangular, 44 by 18 metres, and 2.4 metres high; there is an incomplete ditch around the barrow [1]. It is aligned north-west to south-east, and is immediately south-east of the south-western terminus of the Dorset Cursus [1]. The second barrow, a short distance along the ridge to the south-east, is also aligned north-west to south-east [1]. It is rectangular, 30 by 18 metres, and 2.4 metres high [1]. The south-eastern barrow was excavated in 1933 by C. D. Drew and Stuart Piggott, and carefully restored [1].