A Recently Discovered Long Barrow near East Meon, Hampshire by Michael Gill This article can be accessed / cited here:   and is available for download as a PDF at the end of this article. Neolithic long barrows are amongst the earliest monuments in Britain …

7/7 The discovery of this long barrow adds to our knowledge of #Neolithic monuments on the South Downs. Read the full article here: wp.me/pgKiQE-29

6/7 Looking at the wider distribution of long barrows, the example at East Meon is part of a scatter of fairly well spaced long barrows that extends along the Hampshire and Sussex chalk downs ...

5/7 Here is a 3D view of that Lidar plot ...

4/7 The area around East Meon attracted two Bronze Age barrow cemeteries as shown on this Lidar plot ...

3/7 It is significant that the long barrow is close to the springs at the source of the River Meon. Other long barrows have been shown to have a relationship with springs eg Swell region in Gloucestershire, Lambourn long barrow, West Kennett long barrow, Duck's Nest in Hampshire ...

2/7 The cropmarks appear on aerial photographs from multiple years ...

Back in 2022 I spotted unrecorded cropmarks of a #Neolithic long barrow near East Meon, #Hampshire. It is positioned next to the source of the River Meon. Full details here: wp.me/pgKiQE-29 or read this thread ... 1/7

They tend to be located on the chalk - see this image of Historic England records with a category of long barrow. Chalk is green. Probably related to more open vegetation in Neolithic times.

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An Unrecognised Long Barrow near Whitsbury, Hampshire? by Michael Gill This article can be accessed / cited here:  and is available for download as a PDF at the end of this article. The rolling chalkland of Cranborne Chase has a rich variety of Neolith…

7/7 A PDF of an article with more details about this long barrow, and citation information, can be downloaded from wp.me/pgKiQE-1d

6/7 The presence of a long barrow at this location fills a gap in the current long barrow distribution on this part of Cranborne Chase ...

5/7 The cropmark of the ditch flanks the remnant mound shown in the Lidar ...

4/7 Recent cropmarks shown on Google Earth imagery suggest the barrow may in fact be a long barrow, with evidence of a possible flanking ditch ...

3/7 Lidar shows traces of the barrow mound at a bend in the modern road. It is recorded by Historic England as a 'possible round barrow'...

2/7 A large barrow is shown on the Old Series OS Map NW of Whitsbury, with the road deviating around it. It had been destroyed by 1872, shown on the 6-inch map as 'Tumulus (Site of)'...

An unrecognised #Neolithic long barrow near Whitsbury, #Hampshire? Shown as a substantial barrow on the Old Series OS Map NW of Whitsbury, recent cropmarks suggest a flanking ditch. Read the full details here: wp.me/pgKiQE-1d or for a summary see this thread 1/7 ...

An Unrecorded Long Barrow near Morestead, Hampshire by Michael Gill This article can be accessed / cited here: and is available for download as a PDF at the end of this article. Even though Neolithic long barrows are relatively rare, particularly in…

7/7 A PDF of the article on the newly discovered long barrow can be downloaded here: unearthinglongbarrows.co.uk/2025/10/04/a...

6/7 This plot shows a wider context for the long barrows near Morestead (circled), showing the they are part of a cluster of long barrows on higher ground bracketed by the Itchen and Meon valleys

5/7 The three long barrows that cluster around this valley are compared in the following plot, showing their contrasting nature

4/7 Taking a slightly wider view, the Longwood long barrow sits just across the valley. This is another substantial barrow, suggesting the valley was of some importance in #Neolithic times

3/7 It is interesting that the newly discovered barrow is only 300m from the Warren Farm long barrow, recently shown to be a massive 135m in length - see t.co/UMN3LGY14l

2/7 The cropmarks show the infilled flanking ditches of a long barrow. They are almost parallel, but taper slightly, and the barrow was probably about 35-45m in length. The LiDAR shows traces of a ploughed out mound.

An Unrecorded Long Barrow near Morestead, Hampshire by Michael Gill This article can be accessed / cited here: and is available for download as a PDF at the end of this article. Even though Neolithic long barrows are relatively rare, particularly in…

I recently spotted cropmarks of an unrecorded #Neolithic long barrow at Morestead, near Winchester, #Hampshire. Read details here of the newly discovered 'Honeyman Lane' long barrow: wp.me/pgKiQE-Z or read on ... (1/7)

A sherd of red-slip pottery scratched with the name of its last owner: L IVLI IPPONI

Sometime between AD 55 and 65 a man named Lucius Julius Hipponicus scratched his named into a Samian Ware drinking cup

Because of this simple act, he is one of the first residents of Exeter (ISCA) for whom we have a name

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Unrecognised as the longest long barrow in Hampshire? The Warren Farm long barrow at Morestead by Michael Gill This article can be accessed / cited here: and is available for download as a PDF at the end of this article. Although long barrow discoveries are still being made, it is fair to sa…

9/9 A PDF of an article on the Warren Farm long barrow, and citation information, can be downloaded from wp.me/pgKiQE-c

8/9 If this monument really is so large, it is interesting to ask why it is located where it is. Circled on the map below, it is on the edge of only a sparse scatter of long barrows ...

7/9 It is so long, it can also be compared with bank barrows, which are extremely long parallel sided mounds. In this case, it is probably not sufficiently regular to be included in this class ...

6/9 Its form can also be compared with other large Hampshire long barrows ...

5/9 If this #Neolithic long barrow really is 135m, how does it compare with other Hampshire long barrows? The chart shows just how much longer it is, an incredible 25m more than the next longest ...

4/9 When the cropmark traces are overlaid onto the LiDAR, they perfectly flank the mound, appearing to confirm that the 'ridge' is actually an extension, or tail, to the mound ...