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Giant's Cave is a chambered long barrow situated approximately 750 metres south-west of Allengrove Farm in Wiltshire, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents a form of communal burial architecture characteristic of prehistoric Britain. The barrow comprises an earthen mound containing a stone burial chamber, a construction type widely distributed across southern England during the fourth and third millennia before the present. Such chambered long barrows served as focal points for Neolithic communities, facilitating repeated burial practices and reinforcing territorial claims across the landscape.
Giant's Cave: a chambered long barrow 750m south west of Allengrove Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010394. View the official record →
Giant's Cave is a chambered long barrow situated approximately 750 metres south-west of Allengrove Farm in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010394.
Giant's Cave: a chambered long barrow 750m south west of Allengrove Farm 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 1010394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 240m south west of Green Barrow Farm (6.1 km), Romano-British temple, Iron Age ditches, earthwork enclosure and associated buildings 240m and 370m north of Fosse Barn (6.2 km), Medieval market cross immediately east of St Andrew's Church (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Giant's Cave: a chambered long barrow 750m south west of Allengrove Farm'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.
Giant's Cave: a chambered long barrow 750m south west of Allengrove Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.