Knap Barrow
The Neolithic Knap Barrow is one of about 300 Long Barrows in Scotland and England with a concentration in the south and east of England.
The not quite 2.0 m high, 95 m long and 15 m wide burial mound is located in Martin, near Fordingbridge in Hampshire in England . The backfilled, no longer visible, parallel flanking trenches were separated from the hill by broad berms . The burial mound is the longest in Hampshire, but less noticeable than neighboring Grans Barrow , which is taller. The Nichtmegalithische long hill (Engl. Non-megalithic monuments) and its neighbors are the best preserved and easily accessible to the local group of long hills.
Excavations of other mounds yielded little useful information about the structure. The systems differ in detail. However, the wooden chamber always has an almost rectangular shape, which is defined by pits or posts on the front and rear walls.
The hills, which are concentrated in England, are made of earth, so they are tumuli (Barrows). The Scottish stone variety, the stone chamberless Long Cairns (Dalladies, Lochhill, Slewcairn ) are common in Scotland, but not very common in England.
literature
- Ashbee, Paul (1984). The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain: An Introduction to the Study of the Funerary Practice and Culture of the Neolithic People of the Third Millennium BC. Geo Books. ISBN 0-8609-4170-1 .
- Lynch, Frances (1997). Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain. Shire Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 42.4 " N , 1 ° 52 ′ 23.4" W.