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Long barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down is a Neolithic burial monument situated on the chalk downland near the village of Winterbourne Stoke in Wiltshire. The barrow is aligned roughly east to west and survives as an elongated earthwork, characteristic of long barrows constructed during the Early Neolithic period, typically between 4000 and 3000 BCE. Long barrows of this type served as communal burial places and represent some of the earliest monumental architecture in Britain, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Neolithic farming communities. The monument remains a significant archaeological record of Neolithic settlement and funerary practice in the Salisbury Plain landscape.
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 near the village of Winterbourne Stoke in 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).
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