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Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The structure belongs to the long barrow tradition characteristic of the Early Neolithic period, roughly 4000 to 3000 BCE, representing a significant phase of monumental funerary architecture in southern Britain. Long barrows of this type typically served as communal burial chambers, often constructed with stone or earth and oriented along an east-west or north-south axis. The monument survives as an earthwork and remains a record of Neolithic settlement patterns and burial practices in the region.
Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017603. View the official record →
Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017603.
Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge 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 1017603.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 700m south east of Field Barn (7.6 km), Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road (7.6 km), Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow 250m east of Polebridge Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.