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Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place

England
List entry 1012494
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012494
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
ST 96872 39179
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site represents the funerary practices of early farming communities during the fourth millennium BC, when long barrows served as communal burial places for multiple individuals across generations. The monument consists of an earthwork mound characteristic of the Neolithic period, though its precise dimensions and current physical condition are documented through its official designation with Historic England. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site retains archaeological significance for understanding settlement patterns and social organisation among Wiltshire's earliest agricultural populations.

Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012494. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place?

Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012494.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place?

Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place 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 1012494.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood (3.1 km), Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn (4.4 km), Field system on Wylye Down (4.6 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Romano-British village N of Stockton Wood
3.1 km
Bowl barrow 540m north of Woodbine Barn
4.4 km
Field system on Wylye Down
4.6 km
Ditch, 343yds (310m) ENE of East Farm Cottages to 800yds (730m) NW of St Martin's Chapel
4.6 km
Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down
5 km
The Bake and Wylye Down milestones
5.4 km
Earthwork enclosure in Penning Wood, 290m NE of Penning
5.6 km
Hanging Langford camp and Church-end Ring
5.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place

Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow 300m north-east of Albany Place

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~9.7 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~11.1 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~19.3 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~20 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.4 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~24.4 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~24.7 miles
Domesday entry for Sherrington, Wiltshire →
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