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<< Text Pages >> Richmond Park Long Barrow - Artificial Mound in England in Greater London

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Multi-periodSite Name: Richmond Park Long Barrow
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.078 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater London Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Richmond  Nearest Village: Petersham
Map Ref: TQ189721  Landranger Map Number: 176
Latitude: 51.435431N  Longitude: 0.290858W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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TQ1872 : Deer in Richmond Park by Mark Percy
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TQ1872 : Bracken and trees, Richmond Park by Robin Webster
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TQ1872 : Minor path through bracken, Richmond Park by Robin Webster
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TQ1872 : Cyclists in Richmond Park by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
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TQ1872 : Ham Bottom: view along the foot of the scarp by Stefan Czapski
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Re: Richmond Park Long Barrow by Andy B on Sunday, 15 August 2021
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As of 16-Mar-2020 this mound has been scheduled!

Historic England write:

Another feature, thought to be even older than King Henry VII’s Mound has also been protected as a scheduled monument. Located in the west of Richmond Park, approximately 60m west of Queens Road, is a possible long barrow which survives well as a substantial earth mound.

Long barrows are very rare in the Greater London area. They are a physical representation of the mortuary practices of the Neolithic period. Long barrows were constructed as earth or dry stone mounds with flanking ditches and acted as funerary monuments during the Early and Middle Neolithic periods (3800-2400 BC). They represent the burial places of Britain's early farming communities and, as such, are amongst the oldest field monuments surviving visibly in the present landscape.

The naturalist Edward Jesse appears to mention this mound in 1835, stating that there are “two or three ancient British barrows” in this area. John Beighton, writing in 1887 also references a “steep mound, in which have been found ancient weapons of war”. Although it is not currently possible to categorically confirm a prehistoric origin for this mound, the form of the monument, its location and good level of survival strongly suggest it is a long barrow.

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/ancient-burial-mounds-richmond-park-protected/

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https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1457269
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Re: Richmond Park Long Barrow by Andy B on Tuesday, 11 January 2005
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No, only barrows and Iron Age forts (see Caesar's Camp above). Still lots of sites to photograph, why not join in our Challenge on the front page.
Andy
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Re: Richmond Park Long Barrow by Anonymous on Tuesday, 11 January 2005
does anyone know if there are any megalithic portals around Putney Heath or Wimbledon common.
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