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Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park

England
List entry 1013886
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013886
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.14 hectares
Grid reference
TF2088596124
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ash Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Swinhope Park, Lincolnshire. The barrow is a substantial earthwork mound that represents a characteristic example of long barrow construction from the Neolithic period, a form of collective burial chamber that dates broadly to the fourth and third millennia BC. The monument survives as an upstanding mound within the landscape, retaining archaeological significance as evidence of early farming communities and their burial practices in the East Midlands. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1013886, reflecting its protected status as a scheduled monument.

Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013886. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park?

Ash Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Swinhope Park, Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013886.

Who is responsible for protecting Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park?

Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013886.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of the Medieval Settlement of West Wykeham (7.7 km), Bowl barrow 100m south west of Gally Hill Farm (7.9 km), Neolithic Long Barrow and overlying Bronze Age round barrow, around 370m south-west of Boucherette Farm (8 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Remains of the Medieval Settlement of West Wykeham
7.7 km
Bowl barrow 100m south west of Gally Hill Farm
7.9 km
Neolithic Long Barrow and overlying Bronze Age round barrow, around 370m south-west of Boucherette Farm
8 km
Remains of the Medieval Settlement of East Wykeham
8.1 km
Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure with Bronze Age round barrow, 80m south of Dally Acre Bottom
8.1 km
Deserted village (site of) N of Calcethorpe Manor Farm
8.4 km
Deserted village (site of) of South Cadeby
9.1 km
Neolithic long barrow, three Bronze Age bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m and 785m east of Poke Holes Cottages
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park

Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Ash Hill long barrow in Swinhope Park

LincolnRoman town · ~21 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~18.3 miles
Domesday entry for Swinhope, Lincolnshire →
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