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Long barrow on Brigmerston Down is a Neolithic communal burial monument located on Brigmerston Down in Wiltshire. The barrow dates to the early Neolithic period, typically assigned to around 4000–3000 BCE, and represents a form of collective tomb characteristic of the earliest farming communities in Britain. The monument survives as an earthwork of elongated mound form, a physical testament to prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Wiltshire chalk downlands. Such long barrows served as repositories for multiple burials over an extended period and held significant ceremonial importance within Neolithic society.
Long barrow on Brigmerston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009518. View the official record →
Long barrow on Brigmerston Down is a Neolithic communal burial monument located on Brigmerston Down in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009518.
Long barrow on Brigmerston 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 1009518.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 380m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: part of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (8.7 km), Bowl barrow 320m north east of Straight Walk Plantation: one of a group of round barrows south of Hampshire Gap (8.8 km), Round barrow cemetery 250m east of Straight Walk Plantation (8.8 km).
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