Lyneham Long Barrow

Lyneham Longbarrow is a long barrow near Lyneham, Oxfordshire [1]. Just nine metres from the barrow mound stands a 1.8-metre-tall standing stone [1]. Lyneham barrow stands on a ridge overlooking valleys to the northwest and southeast [1]. The long barrow mound is 52 metres long, 19 metres wide and stands up to 1.75 metres high [1]. The stone may have been part of a facade of standing stones [1]. The barrow was excavated in 1894 [1]. The excavations located two chambers on the southeast side of the mound and at least one of these contained bone fragments, pottery and charcoal [1]. Also found were two Anglo-Saxon burials which had been cut into the top of the existing mound [1].