They tend to be located on the chalk - see this image of Historic England records with a category of long barrow. Chalk is green. Probably related to more open vegetation in Neolithic times.
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7/7 A PDF of an article with more details about this long barrow, and citation information, can be downloaded from wp.me/pgKiQE-1d
6/7 The presence of a long barrow at this location fills a gap in the current long barrow distribution on this part of Cranborne Chase ...
5/7 The cropmark of the ditch flanks the remnant mound shown in the Lidar ...
4/7 Recent cropmarks shown on Google Earth imagery suggest the barrow may in fact be a long barrow, with evidence of a possible flanking ditch ...
3/7 Lidar shows traces of the barrow mound at a bend in the modern road. It is recorded by Historic England as a 'possible round barrow'...
2/7 A large barrow is shown on the Old Series OS Map NW of Whitsbury, with the road deviating around it. It had been destroyed by 1872, shown on the 6-inch map as 'Tumulus (Site of)'...
An unrecognised #Neolithic long barrow near Whitsbury, #Hampshire? Shown as a substantial barrow on the Old Series OS Map NW of Whitsbury, recent cropmarks suggest a flanking ditch. Read the full details here: wp.me/pgKiQE-1d or for a summary see this thread 1/7 ...
7/7 A PDF of the article on the newly discovered long barrow can be downloaded here: unearthinglongbarrows.co.uk/2025/10/04/a...
6/7 This plot shows a wider context for the long barrows near Morestead (circled), showing the they are part of a cluster of long barrows on higher ground bracketed by the Itchen and Meon valleys
5/7 The three long barrows that cluster around this valley are compared in the following plot, showing their contrasting nature
4/7 Taking a slightly wider view, the Longwood long barrow sits just across the valley. This is another substantial barrow, suggesting the valley was of some importance in #Neolithic times
3/7 It is interesting that the newly discovered barrow is only 300m from the Warren Farm long barrow, recently shown to be a massive 135m in length - see t.co/UMN3LGY14l
2/7 The cropmarks show the infilled flanking ditches of a long barrow. They are almost parallel, but taper slightly, and the barrow was probably about 35-45m in length. The LiDAR shows traces of a ploughed out mound.
I recently spotted cropmarks of an unrecorded #Neolithic long barrow at Morestead, near Winchester, #Hampshire. Read details here of the newly discovered 'Honeyman Lane' long barrow: wp.me/pgKiQE-Z or read on ... (1/7)
A sherd of red-slip pottery scratched with the name of its last owner: L IVLI IPPONI
Sometime between AD 55 and 65 a man named Lucius Julius Hipponicus scratched his named into a Samian Ware drinking cup
Because of this simple act, he is one of the first residents of Exeter (ISCA) for whom we have a name
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9/9 A PDF of an article on the Warren Farm long barrow, and citation information, can be downloaded from wp.me/pgKiQE-c
8/9 If this monument really is so large, it is interesting to ask why it is located where it is. Circled on the map below, it is on the edge of only a sparse scatter of long barrows ...
7/9 It is so long, it can also be compared with bank barrows, which are extremely long parallel sided mounds. In this case, it is probably not sufficiently regular to be included in this class ...
6/9 Its form can also be compared with other large Hampshire long barrows ...
5/9 If this #Neolithic long barrow really is 135m, how does it compare with other Hampshire long barrows? The chart shows just how much longer it is, an incredible 25m more than the next longest ...
4/9 When the cropmark traces are overlaid onto the LiDAR, they perfectly flank the mound, appearing to confirm that the 'ridge' is actually an extension, or tail, to the mound ...
3/9 However, recent imagery on Google Earth shows what appear to be two sections of ditch ...
2/9 The Warren Farm long barrow is 5km south-east of Winchester and was recorded by RCHME as 60m in length, located on a 'narrow ridge'. LiDAR plots suggested this 'narrow ridge' might actually be an extension of the mound, but this was hard to prove. ...
Previously unrecognised as the longest #Neolithic long barrow in #Hampshire? New cropmark and LiDAR evidence suggests the Warren Farm long barrow near Winchester is not, as recorded, 60m, but an amazing 135m in length. Read the full details here: wp.me/pgKiQE-c or for a summary see this thread 1/9
Hugh Davies (2002, Fig 12) provides a handy schematic including these small 'outer' ditches (A and A') in his book 'Roads in Roman Britain'. (4/4) #Archaeology
Ivan Margary (1973, 22) suggests such ditches mark out a 'road zone' for Roman roads, with the agger of the road built centrally between them. He describes two 'classes' of ditch separation, 84 feet and 62 feet. The Old Sarum example matches the former almost exactly (3/4)
They also appear on aerial photographs, allowing the distance between the ditches to be measured - approximately 26m (85 feet). How did these ditches relate to the road? (2/4)
1/4 Traces of possible ditches flanking the Portway #Roman road at Old Sarum #Wiltshire currently showing as cropmarks. You can see the modern road in the background that follows the line of the Roman Road. #Archaeology
