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Long barrow NE of Ashley is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Dorset. The barrow dates to the early Neolithic period, approximately 4000–3000 BCE, and represents the funerary practices of the earliest farming communities in southern Britain. The monument survives as an earthwork mound of elongated form, characteristic of the long barrow type, and would originally have contained a stone or timber burial chamber within its structure. Such monuments served as focal points for group identity and territorial markers, reflecting the social and ceremonial significance placed upon collective burial by Neolithic communities.
Long barrow NE of Ashley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004549. View the official record →
Long barrow NE of Ashley is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004549.
Long barrow NE of Ashley 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 1004549.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (2 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (2.1 km), Group of five round barrows on White Hill (2.1 km).
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