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Round cairn 720m west of Chase Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Gloucestershire. The monument takes the form of a circular cairn, a mound constructed from stone rather than earth, typical of funerary practices in the Bronze Age period. As a round cairn, it represents an important class of prehistoric burial site found across upland and moorland regions of Britain, serving as a focal point for ritual deposition and commemoration of the deceased. The survival of such monuments provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Gloucestershire landscape.
Round cairn 720m west of Chase Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017080. View the official record →
Round cairn 720m west of Chase Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017080.
Round cairn 720m west of Chase 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 1017080.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 240m north east of Buttington Farm (5.8 km), Bulwarks Prehistoric Enclosure (6.1 km), St Peter's Cave (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 720m west of Chase 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.
Round cairn 720m west of Chase Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.