East Kennet Long Barrow
East Kennet Chambered Tomb · East Kennet Barrow
Early Neolithic·Cotswold-Severn·🇬🇧 Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
About
About East Kennet Long Barrow
Unopened chambered long barrow 1.4 km southeast of West Kennet long barrow and Silbury Hill, built c.3750 BCE. The mound 100 m long, longest in the Avebury group, has never been fully excavated but geophysics shows side chambers and a terminal chamber. It retains a tree-covered silhouette and forms a sightline with West Kennet and Silbury Hill within the WHS landscape.
Why it mattersUnopened chambered long barrow 1.4 km southeast of West Kennet long barrow and Silbury Hill, built c.3750 BCE. The mound 100 m long, longest in the Avebury group, has never been fully excavated but geophysics shows side
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Unconfirmed chamber plan
Theories
- 01Sightline to Silbury Hill and West Kennet
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3750 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic
- Culture
- Cotswold-Severn
- Purpose
- Chambered long barrow, unexcavated
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 3750 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1093 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
51.4150° N · 1.8390° W · 168 m · 2 mapped features
Summit and mound
cairn mound100 m chalk mound, unexcavated, tree-covered
51.4150° N · 1.8390° WInferred side chambers
chamberGeophysical anomalies indicating lateral chambers (unexcavated)
51.4151° N · 1.8389° W