Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
- Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
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Name = Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
Photo = Stoney Littleton.jpg
Type = Chambered Cairn
Country = England
County = Somerset
Nearest Town = Bath
Nearest Village = Wellow, Somerset
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References = Megalithic Portal|421The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow (also known as Bath Tumulus and the Wellow Tumulus) is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, located near the village of Wellow, Somerset. [cite book |title=The hidden places of Somerset |last=Scott |first=Shane |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1995 |publisher=Travel Publishing Ltd |location=Aldermaston |isbn=1902007018 |pages=16 ]
The barrow is about convert|30|m|ft|0|lk=on in length and convert|15|m|ft|0 wide at the south-east end, it stands nearly convert|3|m|ft|0 high. Internally it consists of a convert|12.8|m|ft|0 long gallery with three pairs of side chambers and an end chamber. There is a fossil ammonite decorating the left-hand door jamb.
The site was excavated by John Skinner in 1816-17 who gained the entry through a hole originally made about 1760. The excavation revealed the bones (some burned) of several individuals. [cite web |url=http://www.stonepages.com/england/stoneylittleton.html |title=Stoney Littleton |accessdate=2008-03-15 |format= |work=Stones of England ]
The site was restored in 1858 by Mr T. R. Joliffe, the Lord of the Hundred and an information board has now been provided by English Heritage.
References
Further reading
*cite web |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/Archaeology/StoneyLittletonGuideBook.htm |title=Stoney Littleton Long Barrow - Department of the Environment Guide Book 1982 |accessdate=2008-03-15 |format= |work=Bath and North East Somerset Council
*cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.16282 |title=Stoney Littleton Long Barrow |accessdate=2008-03-15 |format= |work=English Heritage
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ee also
*Petrosomatoglyph Womb symbolism
External links
* [http://www.stonehenge-avebury.net/Photos/gtour/QtvrtourAve10.html Quick Time Virtual Reality Video]
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