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Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down is a Neolithic monument consisting of a rectangular earthwork enclosure situated on the Isle of Wight. The structure comprises a bank and ditch arrangement typical of mortuary enclosures from the early Neolithic period, dating to approximately 4000–3000 BC. Such monuments functioned as ritual and burial spaces within early farming communities and represent significant evidence of ceremonial practice during the earliest phases of agricultural settlement in southern Britain. The enclosure's position on the downland reflects the Neolithic preference for elevated locations for monuments of communal and ceremonial importance.
Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down, 800m west of Freshwater Bay House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015623. View the official record →
Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down is a Neolithic monument consisting of a rectangular earthwork enclosure situated on the Isle of Wight. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015623.
Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down, 800m west of Freshwater Bay House 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 1015623.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on High Down, 370m west of Tennyson's Beacon (1.5 km), Bowl barrow on West High Down, 150m north of Roe's Hall (3 km), New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles (3.8 km).
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Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down, 800m west of Freshwater Bay House stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.