Soilmarks of a slightly wedge-shaped elongated spread of chalk, seen on Paul Everson aerial photographs of 1980. There are some indications of internal features or possible pits, with the feature thought to possibly be the remains of a plough-levelled long barrow. {1} The feature has been scheduled as the buried remains of a Neolithic long barrow, recorded on aerial photographs as a soilmark. The feature is located 110m above sea level, below the summit of a plateau overlooking a tributary of the Great Eau, some 850m east-north-east of Ruckland House. The monument appears as an elongated, slightly wedge-shaped feature in plan, aligned south-east to north-west, and measuring c.54m by 22m. The south-eastern end is slightly concave while the north-western end is rounded. Changes in soil colouration are thought to indicate the remains of pits and structures associated with mortuary activities which were originally set within a great mound, the location of which is now indicated by a dense scatter of chalk; the material from which the barrow mound was constructed. This material has been dispersed by ploughing and is thought to cover the area of an enclosure ditch from which it would have been quarried. A second similar monument situated about 150m to the north is the subject of a separate scheduling (see MLI42975). For the full description and the legal address of this scheduled monument please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {2}{3} More recent analysis of the aerial photographic evidence for this area casts doubt on the long barrow interpretation, with an explanation of the soilmarks as being the remains of a former chalk pit of likely post-medieval date now thought much more likely. The chalk pit is visible as soilmarks on the aerial photographs, and as earthworks on a digital elevation model derived from 2m gridded height data. {4}