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Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a Neolithic burial monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. The structure consists of an earthen mound aligned roughly east to west, characteristic of long barrows constructed during the earlier Neolithic period, broadly datable to between approximately 4000 and 3000 BCE. The monument forms part of the substantial prehistoric landscape around Stonehenge and the Cursus monuments in the region, which demonstrates the importance of this area for ritual and burial practices during the Neolithic. Like other examples of its type, the long barrow would have served as a communal burial structure for a Neolithic community, preserving evidence of early agricultural settlement and ceremonial practice in southern Britain.
Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015021. View the official record →
Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a Neolithic burial monument situated on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015021.
Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke 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 1015021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of barrows W of Hooklands Plantation (6.3 km), Ancient cultivation terraces (6.5 km), Heale Hill round barrows and earthworks (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.