Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLong Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise

Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise

England
List entry 1012512
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012512
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.2 hectares
Grid reference
SU 07907 21889
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise?

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).

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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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise

Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise

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