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The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage

England
List entry 1010417
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010417
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SZ 40705 84225
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Longstone is a long barrow situated approximately 60 metres south of Longstone Cottage in Hampshire. As a Neolithic monument, it dates to the prehistoric period when such communal burial structures were constructed across southern Britain, typically between 4000 and 3000 BC. The barrow represents an important archaeological survival of the early farming communities that settled in Hampshire during this epoch. Long barrows of this type commonly served as collective burial chambers and remain significant markers of Neolithic settlement patterns and funerary practice in the region.

The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010417. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage?

The Longstone is a long barrow situated approximately 60 metres south of Longstone Cottage in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010417.

Who is responsible for protecting The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage?

The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage 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 1010417.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Hill earthwork (0.2 km), Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage (0.3 km), Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse (0.8 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Castle Hill earthwork
0.2 km
Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage
0.3 km
Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
0.8 km
Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor Cottage
1.7 km
Rock Roman villa
1.7 km
Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm
2.6 km
A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
3.6 km
Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage

The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

Domesday entry for Mottistone, Hampshire →
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