This is a list of
long barrows in the
United Kingdom
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England
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Belas Knap
Belas Knap is a neolithic, chambered long barrow situated on Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham and Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, England. It is a scheduled ancient monument in the care of English Heritage but managed by Gloucestershire County Coun ...
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Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
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Cat's Brain Long Barrow,
Wiltshire
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Coldrum Long Barrow
The Coldrum Long Barrow, also known as the Coldrum Stones and the Adscombe Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Trottiscliffe in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millenni ...
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Kent
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Fussell's Lodge, Wiltshire
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Foulmere Fen,
Cambridgeshire
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Couckoo Ball Long Barrow,
Devon
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Butterdon Hill Long Barrow, Dartmoor, Devon
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Corringdoon Ball Long Barrow, Devon
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Giants' Hills,
Lincolnshire
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Hazleton long barrows
Hazleton long barrows, known as Hazleton North and Hazleton South, are the remains of Neolithic barrows or cairns of the Cotswold-Severn Group, located close to the village of Hazleton in Gloucestershire, South West England.
Archaeology
Hazleton ...
, north and south, Gloucestershire
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Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's Grave, also known as The Giant's Grave or The Grave, is an unchambered long barrow located near to the village of Chilham in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Bri ...
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Kent
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* Long Barrow, near the
Seven Barrows,
Berkshire
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Nympsfield Long Barrow
Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England.
It lies at the edge of a woods, and is now the location of a picnic site. It is one ...
, Gloucestershire
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Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow (also known as the Bath Tumulus and the Wellow Tumulus) is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, located near the village of Wellow in the English county of Somerset. It is an example of t ...
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Somerset
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* Street House,
North Yorkshire
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Uley Long Barrow
Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound, near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire, England.
Details
Although typically described as a long barrow, the mound is actually a transepted gallery gra ...
(aka Hetty Pegler's Tump), Gloucestershire
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Wayland's Smithy,
Oxfordshire
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West Kennet Long Barrow
The West Kennet Long Barrow, also known as South Long Barrow, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire. Probably constructed in the thirty-seventh century BC, during Britain's Earl ...
, Wiltshire
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White Barrow
White Barrow is a large Neolithic long barrow just below the crest of Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain, just south of the village of Tilshead in Wiltshire, England. It is a scheduled monument, and is owned by the National Trust. It was the firs ...
, Wiltshire
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Windmill tump, Gloucestershire
* Long barrow,
Therfield Heath, Nr
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Wales
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Ffostyll Long Barrows
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Ty-Isaf Long Barrow
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Cwm Fforest Long Barrow
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Ty Illtyd Long Barrow
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Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow
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Mynydd Troed Long Barrow
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Pipton Long Barrow
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Pen-y-Garn-Goch Long Barrow
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Little Lodge Long Barrow
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Waun Pwtlyn Long Barrow
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Tythegston Long Barrow
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New House Long Barrow
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Heston Brake Long Barrow
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Thornwell Farm Long Barrow
Scotland
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Broadfold Cottage long barrow
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Capo Plantation long barrow
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Catto Long Barrow,
Aberdeenshire
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It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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Gerrieswells long barrow
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Herald Hill long barrow
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Longman Cairn long barrow
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Pitlurg long barrow
References
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Historic Scotland and
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, 15 August 2009