Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLong barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage

Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage

England
List entry 1008200
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008200
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.19 hectares
Grid reference
SP 13523 26273
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire. The site represents the characteristic earthen barrow tradition of the Early Neolithic period, typical of communal burial practices in the Cotswold region during the fourth millennium before Christ. As a long barrow, it would have functioned as a collective burial chamber, serving the ritual and funerary needs of the local Neolithic community. The monument survives as an earthwork and remains an important archaeological record of early agricultural settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the English Midlands.

Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008200. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage?

Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008200.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage?

Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage 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 1008200.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lower Harford medieval settlement (3.9 km), Cold Aston long barrow 200yds (180m) E of Camp Farm (5.7 km), Bourton Bridge Roman settlement (5.9 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
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.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage

Long barrow 400m north-east of Chalk Hill Cottage stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.