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| HHER Number: | 7959 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | CROPMARK OF A POSSIBLE NEOLITHIC LONG BARROW, WHEATHAMPSTEAD |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- OVAL ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- LONG BARROW? (Neolithic - 4500 BC to 2501 BC)
Protected Status
- SHINE: Iron Age Occupation site, Wheathampstead
- Area of Archaeological Significance
- Scheduled Ancient Monument HT24: WHEATHAMPSTEAD EARTHWORK INCORPORATING DEVILS DYKE AND THE SLAD
Full description
Cropmark of an incomplete oval enclosure approx. 20m by 60m. RCHME interpret it as the ploughed-down remains of a Neolithic long barrow <1>. It is inside the late Iron Age earthwork [48].
<1> National Monuments Record, National Mapping Programme (Hertfordshire), HT.15.3 (Aerial Photograph). SHT7317.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. National Mapping Programme (Hertfordshire). HT.15.3. |
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