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Bourton Clump long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, England. The site represents the characteristic earthwork construction of the early farming communities that inhabited the Cotswolds during the fourth and third millennia before the present era. Long barrows of this type typically served as communal burial places and are amongst the earliest monumental structures erected in Britain, reflecting the social organization and ritual practices of Neolithic societies. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork mound and remains a significant archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and funerary practice in the region.
Bourton Clump long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016079. View the official record →
Bourton Clump long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016079.
Bourton Clump long barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1016079.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman burials, medieval settlement remains and a later ditched enclosure east of St Mary's Church (6.7 km), Market cross in Market Square (7.1 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery and a long barrow, 500m north east of Eyford Hill Farm (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bourton Clump long barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bourton Clump long barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.