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Lechmore round barrows is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Gloucestershire. The site comprises a group of round barrows, characteristic burial mounds of the prehistoric period that served as markers for elite or communal interments. Such barrow groups are significant archaeological features indicating sustained use of a burial landscape across generations, and their distribution across the English landscape provides important evidence for settlement patterns and social organisation during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The Lechmore barrows contribute to the archaeological record of funerary practice in the Cotswolds region during these formative prehistoric centuries.
Lechmore round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003245. View the official record →
Lechmore round barrows is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003245.
Lechmore round barrows 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 1003245.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Quadrangular castle at Beverston (3.8 km), Beverston Castle barn (3.8 km), Motte castle 200m south east of Lasborough (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lechmore round barrows'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.
Lechmore round barrows stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.