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Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage is a Neolithic communal burial monument situated in Lincolnshire. The site dates to the Neolithic period, when such long barrows served as repositories for the remains of multiple individuals, reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of early farming communities in Britain. The monument survives as an earthwork mound, characteristic of the long barrow type, and represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and ritual behaviour in the region. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Neolithic occupation and funerary practice in Lincolnshire.
Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018891. View the official record →
Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage is a Neolithic communal burial monument situated in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018891.
Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage 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 1018891.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Mary's churchyard (4.9 km), Neolithic long barrow and Bronze Age round barrow 680m ESE of Manor House (6.3 km), Two Neolithic long barrows 590m north-east of Thorn Covert, West Ashby (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage'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.
Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.