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Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The site represents the long barrow tradition of the early farming communities of southern Britain, typically constructed during the fourth millennium BCE. The monument survives as an earthwork in the landscape, preserving evidence of the burial practices and social organisation of Neolithic populations in this region. Such barrows served as focal points for community identity and were often used for successive interments over extended periods, reflecting the importance of ancestral veneration in early agricultural society.
Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012512. View the official record →
Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012512.
Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise 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 1012512.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrows in Salisbury Plantation (7.6 km), Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner (7.7 km), Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.