Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England.[1]
It lies at the edge of a woods, and is now the location of a picnic site.[1] It is one of the earliest examples of a barrow with separate chambers.[2] It was constructed around 2800 BC.[3]
It is a Scheduled Monument (number 22857) in the guardianship of English Heritage.[4][5][full citation needed]
Many of the finds from excavations at this site are now in the Gloucester City Museum.
^ abLord Montagu of Beaulieu (1987). P. H. Reed (ed.). English Heritage. Hampstead Road, London: English Heritage / Macdonald Queen Anne Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-356-12773-7.
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^Reynolds, Kev (2007), The Cotswold Way: Two-Way National Trail Description, Cicerone Press Limited, ISBN 978-1-85284-552-0
^Historic England. "Monument No. 113212". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^National Monuments Records: English Heritage
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