Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLong barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm

Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm

England
List entry 1020843
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020843
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.25 hectares
Grid reference
TL 52828 66960
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cambridgeshire. The barrow represents a characteristic example of the long barrow tradition of earthen funerary architecture practised during the early Neolithic period in eastern England. Such monuments typically contained burial chambers and were constructed to serve communal burial purposes over an extended period. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the preservation of this important archaeological asset within the Cambridgeshire landscape.

Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020843. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm?

Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020843.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm?

Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's 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 1020843.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman settlement (3.9 km), Swaffham Bulbeck moated site. (5 km), Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park (5.7 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
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm

Long barrow 650m NNW of Lythel's Farm stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.