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Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top

England
List entry 1017879
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017879
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
TF1761790517
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Lincolnshire. The monument is aligned broadly north-south and represents the characteristic earthwork type of the early farming communities of Britain, dating to the period approximately 4000 to 3000 BCE. As a long barrow, it would have functioned as a collective burial chamber, serving one or more communities over an extended period. The site's survival in the Lincolnshire landscape preserves important evidence of Neolithic settlement patterns and funerary practices in the East Midlands region.

Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017879. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top?

Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017879.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top?

Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top 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 1017879.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure with Bronze Age round barrow, 80m south of Dally Acre Bottom (4.9 km), Neolithic long barrow 280m south of Burgh Top Farm (6.6 km), Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall (6.7 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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure with Bronze Age round barrow, 80m south of Dally Acre Bottom
4.9 km
Neolithic long barrow 280m south of Burgh Top Farm
6.6 km
Grim's Mound, a Bronze Age bowl barrow 600m NNW of Grimblethorpe Hall
6.7 km
Long Barrow 165m south-east of Mawers Plantation
7 km
Bowl barrow 420m ESE of South Walk Farm
7 km
Bleasby medieval village
7.1 km
Bowl barrow in Tongue Piece Holt
7.2 km
Bowl barrow 730m SSE of South Walk Farm
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top

Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top

LincolnRoman town · ~17.1 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~16 miles
Domesday entry for Tealby, Lincolnshire →
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