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Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire. The barrow dates to the Neolithic period and represents a form of communal burial practice characteristic of early farming communities in southern England. The monument survives as an earthwork on Ashmore Down and forms part of the significant archaeological landscape of the Wiltshire chalk downlands. Like other long barrows of its era, it would have served as a focal point for ritual and burial practices within its local community.
Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015938. View the official record →
Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015938.
Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages 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 1015938.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (8.3 km), Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow (8.4 km), Two Late Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlements with part of an associated field system 420m NNW of South Farm (8.6 km).
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