West Kennet Long Barrow
United Kingdom · dolmen · 51°24'31.0"N 1°51'03.7"W
West Kennet Long Barrow is a dolmen in United Kingdom, Neolithic tomb or barrow in Wiltshire, England, UK. Pyramason catalogues it as PYR-037405 at 51.40860, -1.85104 (51°24'31.0"N 1°51'03.7"W).
Recorded heritage designations: scheduled monument.
There are 143 other catalogued sites within 5 km of it, 652 within 25 km and 1,789 within 50 km. That density is itself the finding: this is not an isolated monument but part of a worked landscape.
Open on the mapThe record
| Pyramason ID | PYR-037405 |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Classified as | dolmen |
| Coordinates | 51.40860, -1.85104 |
| 51°24'31.0"N 1°51'03.7"W | |
| Sites within 25 km | 652 |
| Sites within 50 km | 1,789 |
What is around it
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrow0.2 km
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrow0.3 km
- West Kennett Farm palisaded enclosures0.6 km
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of Wes0.8 km
- Silbury Hill0.9 km
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett Farm1.1 km
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton Penni1.2 km
- Bowl barrow 200m north of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemetery1.3 km
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east1.4 km
- Bowl barrow 40m north west of East Kennett long barrow forming part of a cemeter1.4 km
Updates from the atlas
Further reading
English Wikipedia · Wikidata Q541312
Nearby on the atlas
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Distances are great-circle, from the coordinates Pyramason holds for each site.