
What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records The Fishing Barrow on Godlingston Heath as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic long barrow; dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as an early ceremonial and burial monument reflecting the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in southern England.
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