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Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm

England
List entry 1489424
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1489424
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
TF1721493956
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm is a Neolithic burial mound situated in Lincolnshire. The monument consists of an elongated earthwork typical of long barrows constructed during the early Neolithic period, broadly dating to between 4000 and 3000 BC. Such monuments served as communal burial chambers and represent significant ritual and social investment by Neolithic communities. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork, despite the passage of five millennia, testifies to its construction robustness and its designation as a heritage monument reflects its archaeological importance for understanding early agricultural settlement patterns and mortuary practices in East Midlands prehistory.

Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1489424. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm?

Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm is a Neolithic burial mound situated in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1489424.

Who is responsible for protecting Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm?

Long Barrow 275m west of South 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 1489424.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m south west of Gally Hill Farm (5.8 km), Remains of the Medieval Settlement of West Wykeham (7.1 km), Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure with Bronze Age round barrow, 80m south of Dally Acre Bottom (7.5 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 100m south west of Gally Hill Farm
5.8 km
Remains of the Medieval Settlement of West Wykeham
7.1 km
Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure with Bronze Age round barrow, 80m south of Dally Acre Bottom
7.5 km
Remains of the Medieval Settlement of East Wykeham
7.9 km
Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall
9.2 km
Bleasby medieval village
9.8 km
Neolithic long barrow 280m south of Burgh Top Farm
9.9 km
Long Barrow 165m south-east of Mawers Plantation
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm

Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long Barrow 275m west of South Farm

LincolnRoman town · ~18.4 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~18 miles
Domesday entry for Stainton, Lincolnshire →
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