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Long barrow on Brigmerston Down is a Neolithic burial monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire in south-central England. The barrow dates to the early Neolithic period, broadly between 4000 and 3000 BCE, and represents the type of monumental communal burial architecture characteristic of that era. Like other long barrows of the Salisbury Plain region, it would have served as a focal point for ritual and burial practices, potentially containing multiple interments within its internal structure. The monument survives as an earthwork on the downland, contributing to the dense concentration of prehistoric monuments that characterises this archaeologically significant landscape.
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 burial monument located on the chalk downland of Wiltshire in south-central England. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow on Brigmerston Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow on Brigmerston Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.