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Lower Swell long barrow is a Neolithic chambered tomb located approximately four hundred metres north-west of St Mary's Church in the village of Lower Swell, Gloucestershire. The monument belongs to the long barrow tradition of the early Neolithic period, typically dating to around four thousand five hundred to three thousand eight hundred years before the present. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents an important example of funerary architecture from this period, constructed to contain human burials and serving ritual and communal functions within its local landscape. Such monuments are characteristic of early agricultural communities in the Cotswolds and demonstrate the ceremonial investment these societies placed in burial practices.
Lower Swell long barrow 400m north-west of St Mary`s Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008205. View the official record →
Lower Swell long barrow is a Neolithic chambered tomb located approximately four hundred metres north-west of St Mary's Church in the village of Lower Swell, Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008205.
Lower Swell long barrow 400m north-west of St Mary`s Church 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 1008205.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp (4.9 km), Bourton Bridge Roman settlement (5.1 km), Cold Aston long barrow 200yds (180m) E of Camp Farm (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lower Swell long barrow 400m north-west of St Mary`s Church'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.
Lower Swell long barrow 400m north-west of St Mary`s Church stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.