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The Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and two Bronze Age bowl barrows immediately north of Otby Top Farm form a significant ritual landscape on the Lincolnshire Wolds. The long mortuary enclosure belongs to the Neolithic period and represents a funerary monument type characteristic of early agricultural communities in Britain, whilst the two bowl barrows are diagnostic Bronze Age burial monuments. Together these monuments demonstrate the continuity and development of mortuary practice across successive prehistoric periods at this location. The site illustrates important patterns of ritual and ceremonial activity in the prehistoric settlement and use of the upland Wolds region.
Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and two Bronze Age bowl barrows immediately north of Otby Top Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018862. View the official record →
The Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and two Bronze Age bowl barrows immediately north of Otby Top Farm form a significant ritual landscape on the Lincolnshire Wolds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018862.
Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and two Bronze Age bowl barrows immediately north of Otby Top 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 1018862.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neolithic long barrow, 720m east of Otby House (1.8 km), Neolithic long barrow 300m ESE of Walesby Top Farm (2.8 km), Neolithic long barrow 830m south west of Nimbleton Plantation (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Neolithic long mortuary enclosure and two Bronze Age bowl barrows immediately north of Otby Top Farm'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 mortuary enclosure and two Bronze Age bowl barrows immediately north of Otby Top Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.