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Top Buildings long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises a substantial earthwork mound characteristic of the long barrow tradition, a funerary form that flourished during the Neolithic period in Britain, roughly between 4000 and 2500 BCE. Long barrows such as Top Buildings typically served as communal burial places, containing remains of multiple individuals and reflecting the ritual and social practices of early farming communities. The monument survives as a visible landscape feature and remains of archaeological significance as evidence of Neolithic settlement and mortuary customs in the East Midlands region.
Top Buildings long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013887. View the official record →
Top Buildings long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013887.
Top Buildings long barrow 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 1013887.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neolithic long barrow, 720m east of Otby House (3 km), Long Barrow and Round Barrow 540m north-west of Goody Orchin Plantation (3.2 km), Neolithic long barrow 300m ESE of Walesby Top Farm (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Top Buildings long barrow'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.
Top Buildings long barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.