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Long mound 1500 yards east of Higher Farm is a Neolithic long barrow situated in Dorset. The monument represents funerary practice of the Early Neolithic period, likely dating to the fourth millennium before the present. Long barrows of this type functioned as communal burial monuments and are among the earliest substantial structures built in Britain. The earthwork survives as a linear mound, preserving evidence of ritual and mortuary custom from a formative period of British prehistory.
Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002784. View the official record →
Long mound 1500 yards east of Higher Farm is a Neolithic long barrow situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002784.
Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm 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 1002784.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman building SE of Abbeycroft Coppice (7.8 km), Bradford Barrow (8.5 km), Length of Roman road near King Down Farm (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm'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 mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.