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Long barrow, Tinhead Hill is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. The structure dates from the Neolithic period and represents the characteristic long barrow type of earthwork funerary architecture found throughout southern Britain during this era. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England with reference 1009783. Long barrows of this form typically functioned as communal burial chambers and represent significant archaeological evidence for early farming communities and their mortuary practices in prehistoric Britain.
Long barrow, Tinhead Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009783. View the official record →
Long barrow, Tinhead Hill is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009783.
Long barrow, Tinhead Hill 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 1009783.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods (9.3 km), Round barrow on the summit of Cotley Hill (9.3 km), Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow, Tinhead Hill'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, Tinhead Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.