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Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm

England
List entry 1010908
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010908
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.23 hectares
Grid reference
ST 87736 74719
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lanhill Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow located approximately 300 metres south of Sparrow Farm in Wiltshire, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents a significant example of the megalithic burial tradition practised in southern England during the fourth and third millennia before the present. Long barrows of this type typically served as communal burial monuments, with Lanhill Barrow exhibiting the characteristic elongated earthwork mound form associated with these structures. The site is protected as a scheduled monument under the national heritage listing system.

Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010908. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm?

Lanhill Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow located approximately 300 metres south of Sparrow Farm in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010908.

Who is responsible for protecting Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm?

Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow 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 1010908.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including MoD CORSHAM: Tunnel Quarry (5.8 km), MoD CORSHAM: Personnel Lift (PL) 2 (6.1 km), MoD CORSHAM: Slope Shaft (Emergency Exit) A (6.1 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

MoD CORSHAM: Tunnel Quarry
5.8 km
MoD CORSHAM: Personnel Lift (PL) 2
6.1 km
MoD CORSHAM: Slope Shaft (Emergency Exit) A
6.1 km
MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas
6.2 km
MoD CORSHAM: GPO Telephone Exchange
6.2 km
MoD CORSHAM: Radio Studio
6.2 km
MoD CORSHAM: Lamson Terminus Room and associated Fan Room
6.3 km
MoD CORSHAM: Prime Minister's Rooms and Operations Rooms
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm

Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Lanhill Barrow: a long barrow 300m south of Sparrow Farm

BathRoman town · ~10 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~14.2 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~14.3 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~14.8 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~9.9 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~10 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.2 miles
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