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Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm

England
List entry 1017085
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017085
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
SO 82302 01791
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bown Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, approximately 790 metres south-east of Longwood Farm. The site consists of an earthen mound constructed during the Neolithic period, representing the funerary practices and monumental architecture characteristic of early agricultural communities in Britain. Long barrows of this type typically served as communal burial chambers and were prominent landscape features within their contemporary settlement patterns. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic activity in the Cotswolds region.

Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017085. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm?

Bown Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, approximately 790 metres south-east of Longwood Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017085.

Who is responsible for protecting Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm?

Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm 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 1017085.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 450m west of Lasborough (7.6 km), Motte castle 200m south east of Lasborough (7.7 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

Pillow mound 450m north west of Lasborough
7.4 km
Bowl barrow 450m west of Lasborough
7.6 km
Motte castle 200m south east of Lasborough
7.7 km
Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 550m west of Lasborough Cottage
8.2 km
Bowl barrow on Brock Hill, 400m south west of Lasborough Cottage
8.2 km
Tyley Bottom ancient village
8.6 km
Quadrangular castle at Beverston
8.7 km
Bowl barrow 800m north-east of Beverston Castle Farm
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm

Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bown Hill long barrow 790m south east of Longwood Farm

GloucesterRoman town · ~10.5 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~12.6 milesCaerwentRoman town · ~23 milesBathRoman town · ~23.4 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~19 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~20.5 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~20.6 miles
Domesday entry for Stanley, Gloucestershire →
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