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Longmans Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Northamptonshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound oriented approximately east to west, characteristic of long barrows dating to the fourth millennium BC. Like other monuments of its class, it would have served as a communal burial place, reflecting the funerary practices of early farming communities in prehistoric Britain. The site remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic settlement and ritual activity in the East Midlands region.
Longmans Hill long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010246. View the official record →
Longmans Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010246.
Longmans Hill long barrow 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 1010246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boughton bowl barrow (1.9 km), Old St John's Church (2.5 km), Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Longmans Hill long barrow'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.
Longmans Hill long barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.