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Long barrow at Longbarrow Clump is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Wiltshire, dating to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3500 to 2500 BCE. The barrow represents the earthen long barrow tradition characteristic of the chalk downlands of southern England, constructed as a monumental tomb for collective inhumation and ritual practices. The monument survives as an earthwork and contributes to the archaeological and landscape evidence of Neolithic settlement and ritual activity in the county. Long barrows of this type are among the earliest monumental architecture in Britain and provide important material evidence for understanding early farming communities and their funerary practices.
Long barrow at Longbarrow Clump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015215. View the official record →
Long barrow at Longbarrow Clump is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Wiltshire, dating to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3500 to 2500 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015215.
Long barrow at Longbarrow 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 1015215.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Horse Barrow (8 km), A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner (8.1 km), 'Ende Burgh' long barrow (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow at Longbarrow Clump's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow at Longbarrow Clump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.