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Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The barrow dates to the Neolithic period and represents the characteristic long mound form of funerary architecture common to early farming communities in southern Britain. Such monuments typically contained stone or wooden burial chambers and served as communal focal points for ritual and interment practices. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Wiltshire landscape.
Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008953. View the official record →
Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008953.
Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse 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 1008953.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient cultivation terraces (5.3 km), Earthwork W of Woodford Clump (6 km), Newton Barrow (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow 250m north of Normanton Gorse stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.