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Poleswood East long barrow is a Neolithic burial mound situated approximately 850 metres north-north-west of St Mary's Church in Gloucestershire. The monument is a long barrow, a characteristically Neolithic form of communal burial monument dating to the fourth and third millennia before the present. Such structures typically comprised an earthen or stone mound elongated in plan, constructed over burial chambers or passage graves that served as repositories for the deceased of Neolithic communities. The barrow represents an important element of the funerary landscape of the Cotswolds region during the early prehistoric period and contributes to the understanding of Neolithic settlement and social practice in the English Midlands.
Poleswood East long barrow 850m NNW of St Mary`s Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008192. View the official record →
Poleswood East long barrow is a Neolithic burial mound situated approximately 850 metres north-north-west of St Mary's Church in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008192.
Poleswood East long barrow 850m NNW of St Mary`s Church 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 1008192.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow known as `Wagborough Bush round barrow' 100m south west of Manor Farm (4.5 km), Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp (5.6 km), Lower Harford medieval settlement (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Poleswood East long barrow 850m NNW of St Mary`s Church'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.
Poleswood East long barrow 850m NNW of St Mary`s Church stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.