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Beacon Plantation Long Barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lincolnshire, England, dating to the period approximately 4000 to 3000 BC. The structure comprises an earthen mound of elongated form typical of long barrows from this era, constructed to serve as a communal burial place for the dead of a prehistoric community. Such monuments represent significant evidence of organized ritual practice and settlement patterns during the early agricultural period in Britain. The barrow survives as an archaeological feature of national importance, recorded in the National Heritage List for England under designation 1013888.
Neolithic long barrow in Beacon Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013888. View the official record →
Beacon Plantation Long Barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lincolnshire, England, dating to the period approximately 4000 to 3000 BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013888.
Neolithic long barrow in Beacon Plantation 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 1013888.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neolithic long barrow 650m south of Langton Grange Cottage (6.3 km), Neolithic long barrow 465m north-west of Dexthorpe (6.6 km), Settlement site (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Neolithic long barrow in Beacon Plantation'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 in Beacon Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.