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Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down

England
List entry 1009936
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009936
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.33 hectares
Grid reference
SU 05957 49466
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound within a wooded plantation setting, representing a funerary structure characteristic of the early farming communities of southern Britain during the fourth and third millennia before Christ. Long barrows of this period typically contained stone or timber burial chambers and served as communal burial places for multiple individuals over extended periods of use. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance to understanding Neolithic settlement and burial practices in the region.

Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009936. View the official record →

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What is Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down?

Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009936.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down?

Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down 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 1009936.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle) (9.4 km), Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 100m south east of the southern edge of The Diamond south of the A303 (10 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Yarnbury camp (Yarnbury Castle)
9.4 km
Milestone SE of Yarnbury Castle
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 100m south east of the southern edge of The Diamond south of the A303
10 km
Group of barrows near Field Barn
10.3 km
Lake Barrow Group, North Kite earthwork enclosure, four sections of linear boundary, and a bowl barrow within the North Kite
10.4 km
Bowl barrow 700m north of Springbottom Farm
10.7 km
Bowl barrow 450m north of Springbottom Farm
10.8 km
Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 350m north of Springbottom Farm buildings on Wilsford Down
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down

Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow in Barrow Plantation, East Down

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~6 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~11.4 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~11.4 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~12.1 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.2 miles
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