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Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle

England
List entry 1015779
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015779
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
SY 66515 88799
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle is a Neolithic monument situated in the vicinity of one of Britain's most prominent Iron Age hillforts. The barrow represents the funerary practices of early farming communities in Dorset, dating to the Neolithic period, and would have functioned as a communal burial structure for successive generations. Its position relative to the later Iron Age fortress of Maiden Castle reflects the long continuity of settlement and ritual significance in this landscape. The monument survives as an earthwork feature within the archaeological complex surrounding Maiden Castle.

Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015779. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle?

The long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle is a Neolithic monument situated in the vicinity of one of Britain's most prominent Iron Age hillforts. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015779.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle?

Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle 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 1015779.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill (4.8 km), Group of barrows on West Hill (5.6 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (5.8 km).

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Monuments
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
4.8 km
Group of barrows on West Hill
5.6 km
Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
5.8 km
Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
6.3 km
Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
6.5 km
George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
6.7 km
Preston Roman villa
7.2 km
Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
7.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle

Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle

Maiden CastleArchaeological site · ~0.3 milesDorchesterRoman town · ~2.1 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~22.7 milesIlchesterRoman town · ~22.8 milesSiege of Maiden CastleBattle (43) · ~0.3 miles
Domesday entry for Winterborne, Dorset →
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