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Long barrow, Tinhead Hill

A Scheduled Monument in Edington, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2707 / 51°16'14"N

Longitude: -2.0889 / 2°5'20"W

OS Eastings: 393893.421468

OS Northings: 152395.026038

OS Grid: ST938523

Mapcode National: GBR 2VW.6QC

Mapcode Global: VH97B.RB17

Entry Name: Long barrow, Tinhead Hill

Scheduled Date: 9 October 1981

Last Amended: 13 March 1990

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1009783

English Heritage Legacy ID: 10016

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Edington

Built-Up Area: Edington

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Edington and Imber

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Details

A long barrow, with a mound c.63m south-west/north-east x c.28m wide. The side
ditches are no longer visible and the barrow has been ploughed up to its
edges. Partial excavation took place in the 19th century.

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Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

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.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Trust for Wessex Archaeology, (1987)
Wiltshire Library & Museum Service, (1987)

Source: Historic England

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