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West Tump long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, England. The barrow dates to the Neolithic period and represents the type of communal burial structure characteristic of early agricultural communities in Britain. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and forms part of the important concentration of long barrows found in the Cotswolds region, which demonstrates the significance of this landscape for Neolithic settlement and ritual practice.
West Tump long barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016078. View the official record →
West Tump long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016078.
West Tump 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 1016078.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Juniper Hill earthwork (7.1 km), Poor souls' light at All Saints' Church (7.4 km), Bowl barrow in Three Ash Belt, 460m north east of Westwood Farm (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of West Tump 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.
West Tump long barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.