Neolithic long barrow and Romano-British inhumation cemetery 70m north of Uffington Castle on Whitehorse Hill

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History & significance

This site is a Neolithic long barrow and Romano-British inhumation cemetery located 70 metres north of Uffington Castle on Whitehorse Hill in Berkshire. The long barrow represents a funerary monument of the Neolithic period, reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of early agricultural communities in this region. The subsequent Romano-British cemetery indicates continued use of the location for burial during the Roman occupation of Britain, suggesting the site retained ritual significance across millennia. The juxtaposition of these two burial phases demonstrates the long-term importance of Whitehorse Hill as a place of the dead, even as cultural and administrative systems underwent substantial change.

Neolithic long barrow and Romano-British inhumation cemetery 70m north of Uffington Castle on Whitehorse Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008410. View the official record →

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