Long barrow south of Horse Down
Overview
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1009446
Date first listed: 09-Oct-1981
Date of most recent amendment: 12-Feb-1990
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Location
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District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Tilshead
National Grid Reference: SU 02106 47517
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
The most complete and extensive survival of chalk downland archaeological remains in central southern England occurs on Salisbury Plain, particularly in those areas lying within the Salisbury Plain Training Area. These remains represent one of the few extant archaeological "landscapes" in Britain and are considered to be of special significance because they differ in character from those in other areas with comparable levels of preservation. Individual sites on Salisbury Plain are seen as being additionally important because the evidence of their direct association with each other survives so well. Twenty-eight Neolithic long barrows have been identified in the Salisbury Plain Training Area. As a monument type long barrows are sufficiently rare nationally that, unless severely damaged, all examples surviving as earthworks are considered to be of national importance.
History
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Details
A long barrow with a mound 58m along the east/west axis by c.14m wide. The
side ditches are c.5m wide,therefore the overall width is 24m. The barrow
appears to have been ploughed and therefore lowered but the side ditches are
still just visible.
MAP EXTRACT
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Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 10110
Legacy System: RSM
Sources
Other
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official listing