Scheduled MonumentsEnglandNeolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm

Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm

England
List entry 1018861
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018861
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
TF1658698294
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

This long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lincolnshire, approximately 700 metres north of Thoresway Grange Farm. The structure dates to the Neolithic period, representing the type of communal burial architecture characteristic of early farming communities in Britain. Long barrows of this period typically served as collective tombs, often containing the remains of multiple individuals and reflecting the social and religious practices of Neolithic society. The monument's survival and scheduling as a protected historic monument indicate its archaeological significance to understanding settlement patterns and funerary practices in prehistoric Lincolnshire.

Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018861. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm?

This long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lincolnshire, approximately 700 metres north of Thoresway Grange Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018861.

Who is responsible for protecting Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm?

Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange 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 1018861.

What other scheduled monuments are near Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neolithic long barrow 830m south west of Nimbleton Plantation (5.1 km), Bully Hill long barrow, 300m ENE of Bully Hill Farm (5.8 km), Neolithic long barrow 300m ESE of Walesby Top Farm (6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm

Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Neolithic long barrow 700m north of Thoresway Grange Farm

LincolnRoman town · ~20.3 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~20.6 miles