Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
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| Type | |
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| Chambered Cairn | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| County | Somerset |
| Nearest town | Bath |
| Nearest village | Wellow, Somerset |
| OS grid reference | ST735572 |
| Coordinates | 51°18′48″N 2°22′53″W / 51.31333°N 2.38139°WCoordinates: 51°18′48″N 2°22′53″W / 51.31333°N 2.38139°W |
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| Megalithic Portal | |
The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow (also known as Bath Tumulus and the Wellow Tumulus) is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, located near the village of Wellow, Somerset.[1] It is an example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb.[2]
The barrow is about 30 metres (98 ft) in length and 15 metres (49 ft) wide at the south-east end, it stands nearly 3 metres (10 ft) high.[3] Internally it consists of a 12.8 metres (42 ft) long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber. There is a fossil ammonite decorating the left-hand door jamb.
The site was excavated by John Skinner in 1816-17 who gained the entry through a hole originally made about 1760. The excavation revealed the bones (some burned) of several individuals.[4]
The site was restored in 1858 by Mr T. R. Joliffe, the Lord of the Hundred and an information board has now been provided by English Heritage.
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[edit] References
- ^ Scott, Shane (1995). The hidden places of Somerset. Aldermaston: Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 16. ISBN 1902007018.
- ^ Dunn, Richard (2004). Nempnett Thrubwell:Barrows, Names and Manors. Nempnett Books. pp. 33–62. ISBN 0-9548614-0-X.
- ^ "Stoney Littleton Long Barrow". Scheduled Monument Record. Bath and North East Somerset. http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/environmentandplanning/Archaeology/Pages/StoneyLittletonSAMRecord.aspx. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Stoney Littleton". Stones of England. http://www.stonepages.com/england/stoneylittleton.html. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
[edit] Further reading
- "Stoney Littleton Long Barrow — Department of the Environment Guide Book 1982". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080302150633/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/Archaeology/StoneyLittletonGuideBook.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "Stoney Littleton Long Barrow". English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stoney-littleton-long-barrow/. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
[edit] Gallery
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Entrance
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Interior
[edit] See also
- Petrosomatoglyph Womb symbolism
[edit] External links
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