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Long barrow or mortuary enclosure and round barrow north of Beck Plantation is a Bronze Age and Neolithic funerary monument located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises two distinct burial structures: a long barrow or mortuary enclosure of Neolithic date and a round barrow of Bronze Age date, representing successive phases of ritual burial practice across these periods. The monument demonstrates the evolution of funerary architecture and burial customs in the East Midlands, with the long barrow reflecting earlier communal or collective burial traditions and the round barrow indicating the individual or family-focused burial practices characteristic of the Bronze Age. The site's survival and archaeological designation reflect its importance for understanding prehistoric settlement and ceremonial practice in the Lincolnshire landscape.
Long barrow or mortuary enclosure and round barrow north of Beck Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1489793. View the official record →
Long barrow or mortuary enclosure and round barrow north of Beck Plantation is a Bronze Age and Neolithic funerary monument located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1489793.
Long barrow or mortuary enclosure and round barrow north of Beck Plantation 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 1489793.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Hills ringwork and bailey (5.8 km), Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm (7 km), Medieval fishpond complex 250m south of Laurels Farm (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow or mortuary enclosure and round barrow north of Beck Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow or mortuary enclosure and round barrow north of Beck Plantation stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.