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West Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Neolithic period. The site comprises an earthen mound of characteristic long barrow form, representing one of the significant funerary structures constructed during the early agricultural communities of prehistoric Britain. Long barrows of this type typically contained communal burial deposits and served important ceremonial and territorial functions within Neolithic societies. The monument remains an important archaeological record of early Neolithic mortuary practices and landscape use in the Wiltshire region.
West Hill long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009882. View the official record →
West Hill long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Wiltshire, England, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009882.
West Hill 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 1009882.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow on Rook Hill, 200m west of Pertwood Wood (7.7 km), Earthwork enclosure in Great Ridge wood, 350m north east of Point Pond (7.8 km), Scrubbed Oak enclosure and linear boundary earthwork (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of West Hill 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.
West Hill long barrow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.