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Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump is a Neolithic burial monument located in Dorset, England. The barrow is a substantial earthwork characteristic of the long barrow tradition, a funerary type that flourished in southern England during the early Neolithic period, approximately 4000 to 3000 BCE. Such monuments served as communal burial places and represent significant investment in monumental architecture by early agricultural communities. The barrow's preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Neolithic settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Dorset landscape.
Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020709. View the official record →
Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump is a Neolithic burial monument located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020709.
Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump 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 1020709.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort called Crawford Castle (7.1 km), Bowl barrow 550m north east of Field Dairy Farm (7.2 km), Bowl barrow 350m south of Gorcombe Farm (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow 820m south east of Telegraph Clump'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 820m south east of Telegraph Clump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.