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Rowden Wood long barrow is a Neolithic chambered tomb located in Gloucestershire, England. The monument belongs to the long barrow tradition characteristic of early agricultural communities in Britain, dating to the Neolithic period. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound, representing one of the significant funerary monuments of this era in the region. Such monuments functioned as communal burial places and remain important archaeological witnesses to Neolithic settlement and ritual practice in the Cotswold area.
Rowden Wood long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002110. View the official record →
Rowden Wood long barrow is a Neolithic chambered tomb located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002110.
Rowden Wood long barrow 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 1002110.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackquarries Hill long barrow (3.7 km), Kingswood Abbey gate (5.8 km), Tresham Farbarrow round barrows (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rowden Wood long barrow'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.
Rowden Wood long barrow stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.