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Newton Tump

England
List entry 1001776
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001776
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.92 hectares
Grid reference
SO 29301 44059
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Newton Tump is a Neolithic long barrow located near Newton in Herefordshire. The monument consists of an earthen mound aligned roughly east to west, characteristic of long barrows constructed during the Neolithic period, roughly 4000 to 3000 BC. The site represents an important example of Early Neolithic communal burial practice in the Welsh Marches region. Its survival as an archaeological feature provides evidence of settlement patterns and mortuary practices in prehistoric Herefordshire.

Newton Tump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001776. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Newton Tump?

Newton Tump is a Neolithic long barrow located near Newton in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001776.

Who is responsible for protecting Newton Tump?

Newton Tump 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 1001776.

What other scheduled monuments are near Newton Tump?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle 230m north west of Nant-y-bar (3.4 km), Snodhill Castle (4.7 km), Cusop Castle ringwork (6 km).

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Overview
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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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte castle 230m north west of Nant-y-bar
3.4 km
Snodhill Castle
4.7 km
Cusop Castle ringwork
6 km
Bowl barrow 350m NNE of Abbey Farm
6.1 km
Craswall Priory, associated building remains, pond bays and hollow ways
6.6 km
Motte castle, chapel, post-medieval house and garden remains east of Urishay Castle Farm
7.2 km
Twyn-y-Beddau Round Barrow
Prehistoric · Round Barrow7.5 km
Two bowl barrows and a lime kiln 220m west of Llan Oleu
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Newton Tump

Newton Tump stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Newton Tump

KenchesterRoman town · ~9.2 miles
Domesday entry for The Bage, Herefordshire →
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