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Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm

England
List entry 1013258
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013258
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SY 60436 90043
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Dorset. The structure is characteristic of the long barrow type, which served as a collective burial place and likely functioned as a focal point for territorial identity during the early farming period, broadly dating to between 4000 and 3000 BCE. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents an important class of Neolithic funerary architecture distributed across southern Britain. Its designation on the National Heritage List for England reflects its significance as an archaeological asset preserving evidence of early Neolithic settlement and mortuary practices in the Dorset landscape.

Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013258. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm?

Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013258.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm?

Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands 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 1013258.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two fishponds in Oddens Wood (5.7 km), St Peter's Abbey (5.7 km), St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill (6.1 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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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
5.7 km
St Peter's Abbey
5.7 km
St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
6.1 km
Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
6.2 km
Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
6.5 km
Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
6.6 km
Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
6.7 km
Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm

Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~4.1 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~5.5 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~20.9 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21.9 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~4.1 miles
Domesday entry for Winterbourne, Dorset →
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