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Dark Darzet - The Singing Barrows of Weymouth

The Singing Barrows of Weymouth

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09/09/22 • 30 min

Dark Darzet

The Singing Barrows of Weymouth were mentioned in The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain, where they claim that, if you put your ear to the ground on the mounds at Midday, you can hear otherworldly fairy music.


It would seem that the specific barrows they are talking about are the line of six barrows known locally as the Bincombe Bumps.Bincombe, which probably means ‘valley where beans are grown’, lies midway between Dorchester and Weymouth on the South side of the Dorset Ridgeway.


The bumps are Round Barrows or Tumulus a mound of earth and stones piled over a bronze aged grave (another name for a Tumulus is a Kurgan - which we all know is the name of the baddie in Highlander).


There seems to be a number of references to music emanating from these structures, with most of the online stories pulling you back to Bincombe.


Other methods to keep Fairies off your back are:

Turn your clothes inside out. Even a pocket inside out will do –this would appear to confuse fairies, much the same way people seem to be confused by my shaving off my beard.

Wear a holed stone amulet or bells apparently also works for cattle.

Open scissors hung above a baby’s cot: apparently stops the baby been taken and replaced by a changeling.

Don’t eat any food offered to you. If you do you are obligated to give them something in return, and therefore you are under their power.


Apparently any fairy music you may hear will be fantastic, however will be impossible to remember.


I also came across an Artist called Tessa Farmer who made a brilliant set of sculpture/installations showing what it may look like in side the fairy mounds at Bincombe, it would appear to be a mixture of taxidermy (is this what you call Mounting and Preserving Insects?) she includes my favourite depiction of fairies yet which seem to be made of bits of flying ants reconfigured to look like tiny people with wings.


http://www.tessafarmer.com/new-gallery-4/4rcozjju450uywyo96d1mmji3u58rr


HELLEBORE

a collection of writings and essays devoted to British folk horror and the themes that inspire it: folklore, myth, history, archaeology, psychogeography, witches, and the occult.


https://helleborezine.bigcartel.com/

https://helleborezine.bigcartel.com/product/occult-britain


Ancients of MuMu – Raspberry Ripple

"Re-brew of our collab with Elusive Brewing combining two of our favourite things... beer and ice cream.


Juicy malts combine with tart raspberry and sweet vanilla to create this dessert in a glass."

https://www.8archbrewing.co.uk/product/ancients-of-mumu/


Bluebeard’s Revenge

"We have begun work with another Devon based company, Bluebeards Revenge. With a leading range of men’s grooming products that all have distinctive branding Bluebeard have wanted a beer to compliment their ‘manly’ range!"


http://huntersbrewery.com/portfolio-item/blubeard/


Watch the videos we made visiting these sites here:

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Find the places we visited on our Dark Darzet map here:

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Listen to Ross on his other podcast here:

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The Singing Barrows of Weymouth were mentioned in The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain, where they claim that, if you put your ear to the ground on the mounds at Midday, you can hear otherworldly fairy music.


It would seem that the specific barrows they are talking about are the line of six barrows known locally as the Bincombe Bumps.Bincombe, which probably means ‘valley where beans are grown’, lies midway between Dorchester and Weymouth on the South side of the Dorset Ridgeway.


The bumps are Round Barrows or Tumulus a mound of earth and stones piled over a bronze aged grave (another name for a Tumulus is a Kurgan - which we all know is the name of the baddie in Highlander).


There seems to be a number of references to music emanating from these structures, with most of the online stories pulling you back to Bincombe.


Other methods to keep Fairies off your back are:

Turn your clothes inside out. Even a pocket inside out will do –this would appear to confuse fairies, much the same way people seem to be confused by my shaving off my beard.

Wear a holed stone amulet or bells apparently also works for cattle.

Open scissors hung above a baby’s cot: apparently stops the baby been taken and replaced by a changeling.

Don’t eat any food offered to you. If you do you are obligated to give them something in return, and therefore you are under their power.


Apparently any fairy music you may hear will be fantastic, however will be impossible to remember.


I also came across an Artist called Tessa Farmer who made a brilliant set of sculpture/installations showing what it may look like in side the fairy mounds at Bincombe, it would appear to be a mixture of taxidermy (is this what you call Mounting and Preserving Insects?) she includes my favourite depiction of fairies yet which seem to be made of bits of flying ants reconfigured to look like tiny people with wings.


http://www.tessafarmer.com/new-gallery-4/4rcozjju450uywyo96d1mmji3u58rr


HELLEBORE

a collection of writings and essays devoted to British folk horror and the themes that inspire it: folklore, myth, history, archaeology, psychogeography, witches, and the occult.


https://helleborezine.bigcartel.com/

https://helleborezine.bigcartel.com/product/occult-britain


Ancients of MuMu – Raspberry Ripple

"Re-brew of our collab with Elusive Brewing combining two of our favourite things... beer and ice cream.


Juicy malts combine with tart raspberry and sweet vanilla to create this dessert in a glass."

https://www.8archbrewing.co.uk/product/ancients-of-mumu/


Bluebeard’s Revenge

"We have begun work with another Devon based company, Bluebeards Revenge. With a leading range of men’s grooming products that all have distinctive branding Bluebeard have wanted a beer to compliment their ‘manly’ range!"


http://huntersbrewery.com/portfolio-item/blubeard/


Watch the videos we made visiting these sites here:

https://tr.ee/te6j3DEKxS


Find the places we visited on our Dark Darzet map here:

https://tr.ee/dtg8GstU2i


Buy a badge and sticker here:

https://tr.ee/Y0m3vWrIXc


Buy a Tshirt here:

https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCV


Tweet at us here:

https://tr.ee/xS47fz4rDC


Listen to Ross on his other podcast here:

https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCV


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Check out our field report on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHcnYE8rPM.

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Watch the videos we made visiting these sites here:

https://tr.ee/te6j3DEKxS

Find the places we visited on our Dark Darzet map here:

https://tr.ee/dtg8GstU2i

Buy a badge and sticker here:

https://tr.ee/Y0m3vWrIXc

Buy a Tshirt here:

https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCV

Tweet at us here:

https://tr.ee/xS47fz4rDC

Listen to Ross on his other podcast here:

https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCV


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB DSO was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer, who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.


Lawrence lived (for a time) and died in Dorset. Tales have been told of his ghostly motorcycle haunting the road where he died. There’s a conspiracy theory about his death, did he die? Or was he taken somewhere else? His ghost has also been seen in several places nearby.


We visited Lawrence's home: Clouds Hill, the site of his grave: St Nicholas' Church, Moreton, and the site of his effigy: St Martin On The Walls Church, Wareham.


Watch the videos we made visiting these sites here:

https://tr.ee/te6j3DEKxS


Find the places we visited on our Dark Darzet map here:

https://tr.ee/dtg8GstU2i


Buy a badge and sticker here:

https://tr.ee/Y0m3vWrIXc


Buy a Tshirt here:

https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCV


Tweet at us here:

https://tr.ee/xS47fz4rDC


Listen to Ross on his other podcast here:

https://tr.ee/58AK3noXCV


Also, we’d like to acknowledge another podcast that ignited the idea to do this, listen to Eerie Essex here:

https://linktr.ee/EerieEssex


Eight Arch: Square Logic

https://www.8archbrewing.co.uk/product/square-logic/


Dorset Brewing Company Jurassic Dark

https://www.dbcales.com/


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