Lyneham Longbarrow

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] Next to it is a weathered sandstone megalith 1.8 metres in height above ground level, 2.0 metres in width and 0.5 metres thick.^[1] The stone may have been part of a facade of standing stones.^[1]

The barrow was excavated in 1894. 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]