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Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa is a Bronze Age burial mound located within the landscape of the Chedworth Roman villa estate in Gloucestershire. The barrow forms part of a group of prehistoric monuments that predate the later Roman settlement at Chedworth by more than a thousand years, providing archaeological evidence of human occupation and ritual practice in the locality during the Bronze Age period. Its presence within the villa's designated area illustrates the palimpsest of settlement patterns across this location, with successive periods of occupation and land use leaving their mark on the Cotswold landscape. The barrow's survival and formal recognition as a heritage monument reflects its importance in understanding the deeper prehistory of the Chedworth estate beyond its better-known Roman phase.
Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003346. View the official record →
Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa is a Bronze Age burial mound located within the landscape of the Chedworth Roman villa estate in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003346.
Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa 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 1003346.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross at Calmsden (5.3 km), Colnpen round barrows (5.7 km), Colnpen long barrow (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa'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.
Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.