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Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods is a Neolithic burial monument located in Oxfordshire. The structure is characteristic of the long barrow type, a form of communal burial mound built during the early Neolithic period. The monument consists of an elongated earthwork that would have contained a burial chamber or chambers, reflecting the funerary practices of early farming communities in Britain. As part of the broader pattern of Neolithic monumental architecture in southern England, this barrow represents an important archaeological record of early prehistoric settlement and social organisation in the region.
Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008494. View the official record →
Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods is a Neolithic burial monument located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008494.
Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods 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 1008494.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood (0.5 km), Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (0.9 km), Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.