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<< Our Photo Pages >> Long Low - Long Barrow in England in Staffordshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Monday, 14 October 2002  Page Views: 13747

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Long Low
Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Ashbourne  Nearest Village: Ilam
Map Ref: SK122539  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.082185N  Longitude: 1.819321W
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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Long Low submitted by TimPrevett : Looking along Long Low to the SSW. Two interesting things about Long Low: 1) It is the only long barrow in Staffordshire, and 2) It has rounded ends, which are either described as two round barrows, or as rounded terminals. This is very reminiscent of the Broadmayne Bank Barrow in Dorset. Drystone walling intersects it in several places, and I styal is incorporated into one of the western side wa... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Two interesting things about Long Low: 1) It is the only long barrow in Staffordshire, and 2) It has rounded ends, which are either described as two round barrows, or as rounded terminals.

This is very reminiscent of the Broadmayne Bank Barrow in Dorset.

Drystone walling intersects it in several places, and I styal is incorporated into one of the western side walls.

Access - there is also a styal into the westerly field of the barrow where a footpath goes nearby, and a very recent styal actually built into one of the walls intersecting the barrow, so it implies access is allowed. A drive along a narrow accessible road from Wetton, with considerate parking saves quite a walk.

Pastscape: "Late Neolithic long mound, incorporating two round barrows, is without precise parallels but has affinities with a gallery/passage grave in Anglesey, Brynyr Hen Bob"

Top photo: Looking along Long Low to the SSW.
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Long Low submitted by Postman : Looking along the longest of lows (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Long Low submitted by Postman : At one end of long low the barrow has a water tank on it, its been there for years and all its good for is standing on in order to see the whole Low. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Long Low submitted by Postman : Loooong low (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Long Low submitted by Postman : Long low in its entirety, two barrows linked by a linear earthwork. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Long Low submitted by TwentyTrees : Showing the full extent of Long Low from the west. The barrow follows the centre line of the photo, above and left of the fence post with a prominent round barrow. The barrow then extends right with the dry stone wall on top beyond the junction with the other dry stone wall to above the pile of earth on the right. In the distance the fields in which the Damgate and Stanshope barrows are located. I... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Long Low submitted by TwentyTrees : View of the barrow from Damgate in the east, with the dry stone wall running along its length.

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Long Low submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to the SSW of Long Low, the wall cutting across the barrow at an angle. The large container sits to the right of the centre of the rounded end.

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Long Low submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to the NNE of Long Low, new styal over the wall. Two interesting things about Long Low: 1) It is the only long barrow in Staffordshire, and 2) It has rounded ends, which are either described as two round barrows, or as rounded terminals. This is very reminiscent of the Broadmayne Bank Barrow in Dorset. Drystone walling intersects it in several places, and I styal is incorporated into one ...

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Re: Long Low by coldrum on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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Pastscape entry.

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=308141
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Re: Long Low by coldrum on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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Re: Long Low by Anonymous on Wednesday, 17 June 2009
IO have extensive data re Longlow, Including remote camera images of the 'mineshaft' referred to,plus much more data.

My name is P,B Gillard. My email address is
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Re: Long Low by Anonymous on Friday, 26 October 2007
Just visited Long Low this week for the first time. Curious absence of evidence for any ditch on the south side despite this looking like the best preserved side of the barrow mound. There are intermitent traces of quarrying along the north side but too much disturbance from mining to be certain that these traces are contemporanious with the mound. I am unconvinced that this is technically a long barrow. The siting is absolutely on the crest of the ridge/hill - In the closest regional group, the Lincolnshire long barrows often as not are sited off the summit so that they are visible for much of the approach from one direction rather than from 360 degrees. On the other hand the aea around Long Low has a very high density of Bronze age barrows, all sited on prominent summits - perhaps this is really two BA cainrs linked by a bank (barrow).Admitedly the early excavation evidence suggests a Neolithic origin for the NE end. A final thought - Is it possible that some of the bank is derived from that deep mining shaft that penetrates the NE end? Because of all the late disturbance the morphological minutae of this monument cannot be taken forgranted, so descriptions of a surviving horn of a concave courtyard at the NE end as published by the National Park authority can't be taken at face value. More excavation required? or just go with the flow?
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    Re: Long Low by Anonymous on Wednesday, 17 June 2009
    contact for much more data

    marchbrown.pbg@googlemail.com
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Re: Long Low by TimPrevett on Saturday, 16 September 2006
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A chap attending one of the prehistoric Staffs talk had undertaken some work with John Barnatt on Long Low, investigating the more northerly rounded end. He says there is a 52 feet deep shaft down beneath this, and should anyone of serious interest wish to review his large folder pertaining to this, I can put them in touch with him. I'll take a look sometime myself *another thing on the mental list!*. Tim.
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Re: Long Low by Anonymous on Saturday, 12 February 2005
Nice elevated spot with good views towards the Manifold and Dove valleys. It looks like a long barrow between 2 small round barrows but is wearing badly. Obviously an important place once, but spoiled by being dissected by 3 dry stone walls.
Easiest route to it is to park in Wetton and take the lane south out from the village, straight over the crossroads (right to Grindon, left to Milldale)
and follow the lane which gradually becomes more unmade, where the track becomes private and branches right to the Manifold valley, you can see the low to your left, its just off the downhill path, but no-one seems to mind you wandering onto it.
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