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Long barrow 180m north of Lime House is a Neolithic burial monument located in Somerset, England. The site represents the characteristic funerary architecture of the early farming communities of southern Britain, dating to the Neolithic period. As a long barrow, it would have functioned as a communal burial structure, reflecting the monumental investment these societies made in ritual and ancestor veneration. The monument's survival into the modern period, despite agricultural activity across the Somerset landscape, attests to the enduring physical presence of this ancient ceremonial site.
Long barrow 180m north of Lime House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011526. View the official record →
Long barrow 180m north of Lime House is a Neolithic burial monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011526.
Long barrow 180m north of Lime House 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 1011526.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Beacon Hill (7.8 km), Circular earthwork and barrows on Beacon Hill (8 km), King's Castle enclosures, Iron Age defended settlement (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow 180m north of Lime House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Long barrow 180m north of Lime House stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.