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Ganborough long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, England. The barrow dates to the early Neolithic period and forms part of the significant concentration of long barrows found in the Cotswolds region, an area particularly rich in megalithic funerary architecture. Like other monuments of its type and period, it would have served as a communal burial place for successive generations of the local population. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1003333.
Ganborough long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003333. View the official record →
Ganborough long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003333.
Ganborough 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 1003333.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chessels Roman site (5.9 km), Castle Mound (5.9 km), Two bowl barrows, known as Heath Hill round barrows, 70m and 190m north east of Heath Hill (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ganborough 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.
Ganborough long barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.