Long Hill of Tathwell
The non-megalithic long hill of Tathwell lies in the middle of a field halfway between the villages of Stenigot and Tathwell , in Lincolnshire , England . It is visible on the A153 near Cadwell Park, southwest of Tathwell.
It is an approximately 32.0 meter long and up to 16.0 meter wide southwest-northeast oriented trapezoidal hill on the northern slope of the valley of a tributary of the Lud. It is very overgrown and damaged by rabbit activity. At the southern end it is 1.6 to 2.0 meters high, with its height decreasing to less than half a meter in the north.
Long hills were built as earth or dry stone hills, mostly with flanking ditches. They functioned as grave monuments during the early and middle Neolithic period (3400-2400 BC).
Near Tathwell are the long Bully Hill and the round Bully Hills .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 16.9 ″ N , 0 ° 3 ′ 29 ″ W.