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Monument Number 25893
Hob Uid: 25893
Location : County Durham Wheatley Hill
Grid Ref : NZ3814037450
Summary : A probable Neolithic long barrow, surviving as an earthwork mound, is partly eroded by ploughing. The long barrow mound is visible as an earthwork on air photographs.(1)
More information : NZ 382 375 Long Barrow Nr Old Wingate. (1) Situated at NZ 3814 3745 on a gentle S facing slope in a ploughed field is an earthen mound about 45.0m long N/S by 20.0m wide at its N end, 16.0m wide at the S end, and about 1.5m maximum height at the centre. It appears to have a much stonier content than the surrounding field. Possibly a long barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2) The remains of this probable long cairn, centred at NZ 3814 3745, were surveyed at 1:200 by RCHME in 1984. The remains have been eroded by the plough, but are clearly stonier than the surrounding field. Full information is included in the NMR Archive. (3) A Neolithic long barrow is visible as an earthwork mound on air photographs centred at NZ 3814 3744. (4)

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Source details : F1 ISS 23-APR-80
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Source details : Iain Sainsbury/FEB-1984/RCHME: Durham Magnesian Limestone Survey
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Source details : NMR OS/52R52 0129 23-SEP-1952
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Long Cairn, Long Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork, Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Durham)
External Cross Reference Number : 7701
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 33 NE 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1980-04-23
End Date : 1980-04-23

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1983-01-01
End Date : 1984-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-03-30
End Date : 2007-01-16

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 25893