Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill

Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill

England
List entry 1002723
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002723
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.58 hectares
Grid reference
SY 57306 91308, SY 57176 91154, SY 57289 91262, SY 57333 91204, SY 57058 91060, SY 57322 90992, SY 57369 90970, SY 57232 91260, SY 57171 91096
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Overview

History & significance

Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Dorset, England. The site comprises multiple barrow mounds, including Neolithic long barrows and later Bronze Age round barrows, representing successive phases of prehistoric mortuary practice spanning several centuries. The monuments reflect the transition in burial customs from the communal interment practices of the Neolithic period to the individual or small-group inhumations characteristic of Bronze Age societies. Such barrow complexes are valuable archaeological records of settlement patterns, social organisation, and funerary ritual in prehistoric southern England.

Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002723. View the official record →

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What is Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill?

Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002723.

Who is responsible for protecting Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill?

Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill 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 1002723.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of five round barrows on White Hill (4.8 km), Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm (4.8 km), Two round barrows on Wears Hill (5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill

Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.