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Long barrow on Adlestrop Hill is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Gloucestershire. The barrow dates to the early Neolithic period, representing a significant funerary structure of this era in the Cotswolds region. The monument survives as an earthwork mound, characteristic of the long barrow type, which typically served as a collective tomb for multiple burials within a community. Such monuments are among the earliest substantial stone or earthwork structures constructed in Britain and provide valuable evidence for understanding Neolithic settlement patterns and burial practices in the Cotswold uplands.
Long barrow on Adlestrop Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018169. View the official record →
Long barrow on Adlestrop Hill is a Neolithic communal burial monument located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018169.
Long barrow on Adlestrop Hill 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 1018169.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount Farm (5.2 km), Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings (6.6 km), Skew Plantation bowl barrow (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow on Adlestrop Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long barrow on Adlestrop Hill stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.