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Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge

England
List entry 1014106
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014106
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SO 33248 41683
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge is a Neolithic burial monument located in Herefordshire, England. The structure dates to the Neolithic period and represents the type of communal burial architecture characteristic of early farming communities in Britain. As a long barrow, the monument would have served as a burial chamber and ritual focus for a prehistoric community, with its elongated mound form typical of Neolithic funerary practice in the region. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1014106, reflecting its archaeological significance and protected status.

Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014106. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge?

Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge is a Neolithic burial monument located in Herefordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014106.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge?

Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge 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 1014106.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle, chapel, post-medieval house and garden remains east of Urishay Castle Farm (4.2 km), Lower Park Wood Camp (4.8 km), Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm (5.4 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte castle, chapel, post-medieval house and garden remains east of Urishay Castle Farm
4.2 km
Lower Park Wood Camp
4.8 km
Cothill Tump, a motte castle 500m north west of Cothill Farm
5.4 km
Motte castle with associated courtyard and mill leat, 130m NW of Chanstone Mill
6.7 km
Moated site, fishponds, and associated building platforms 117m west of Chanstone Mill
6.7 km
Bowl barrow 350m NNE of Abbey Farm
6.7 km
Monnington Straddle Motte
6.9 km
Ringwork and bailey known as Whitehouse Camp, 200m north of Trelan Farm
7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge

Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow 260m north west of Cross Lodge

KenchesterRoman town · ~6.7 miles
Domesday entry for Dorstone, Herefordshire →
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