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Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball

England
List entry 1009600
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009600
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
SU 10891 45879
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball is a Neolithic communal burial monument located near Robin Hood's Ball in Wiltshire. The barrow dates to the early Neolithic period, representing the funerary practices of Britain's earliest farming communities, typically dating between approximately 4000 and 3000 BC. As a long barrow, it would have originally consisted of an elongated earthen or stone mound constructed to cover one or more burial chambers, though its current condition reflects the effects of ploughing and land use over millennia. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and contributes to the significant concentration of Neolithic ritual and funerary monuments in the Salisbury Plain landscape.

Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009600. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball?

Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball is a Neolithic communal burial monument located near Robin Hood's Ball in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009600.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball?

Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball 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 1009600.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 470m south east of Druid's Head Farm (8 km), Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm (8 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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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
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 50m south west of Rox Hill Clump
7.4 km
Bowl barrow 470m south east of Druid's Head Farm
8 km
Bowl barrow 540m south east of Druid's Head Farm
8 km
Ogbury camp
8.3 km
Round barrow SE of Cowdown Farm
8.7 km
Two barrows NW of Little Down
8.8 km
Stapleford Castle
9 km
Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball

Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow east/south-east of Robin Hood's Ball

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~2.4 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~8.3 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~13.3 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~14.1 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.4 miles
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