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Crowdown Clump is a Neolithic long barrow located near Godsbury in Wiltshire. The monument comprises an earthen mound aligned roughly east-west, characteristic of long barrows constructed during the early Neolithic period, approximately 3500 to 2500 BCE. The site represents an important funerary monument type associated with communal burial practices and ritual activity of prehistoric Wiltshire. The earthwork survives as a substantial earthen feature in the landscape, retaining archaeological significance as evidence of Neolithic settlement and burial custom in the region.
Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004759. View the official record →
Crowdown Clump is a Neolithic long barrow located near Godsbury in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004759.
Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury) 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 1004759.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boundary earthwork across Dunch Hill Golf Course (9.3 km), Bowl barrow north east of Andover Plantation (9.7 km), Earthwork enclosure north-east of Brigmerston Plantation (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury)'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.
Crowdown Clump earthwork (Godsbury) stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.