Three long barrows, a round barrow and a C-shaped prehistoric enclosure south-west of Churchbell Plantation

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History & significance

This ancient monument is a prehistoric ritual and burial landscape situated south-west of Churchbell Plantation in Lincolnshire, comprising three long barrows, a round barrow, and a C-shaped enclosure. The long barrows date to the Neolithic period and represent communal burial monuments characteristic of early agricultural societies in Britain, whilst the round barrow is of Bronze Age date and indicates later funerary practice and settlement continuity in the region. The C-shaped enclosure, likely of later prehistoric origin, suggests the area continued to hold ritual or domestic significance throughout the Bronze Age and possibly into the Iron Age. Together these monuments form an important cluster illustrating the long-term use of this landscape for ceremonial and mortuary purposes across several millennia of prehistoric habitation.

Three long barrows, a round barrow and a C-shaped prehistoric enclosure south-west of Churchbell Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1489374. View the official record →

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