Prehistoric Sites in Gloucestershire

One of the best-preserved and most attractively located prehistoric sites in the Cotswolds, Belas Knap is a chambered burial tomb dating to the period around 1400BC. When the interior of the tomb was excavated archaeologists found the skeletons of 38 people. The skeletons and other objects found within the tomb are on display in the excellent folk museum at nearby Winchcombe.
Winchcombe, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England

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Otherwise known as Hinton Hillfort, this Iron Age fortification is the traditional site of the Battle of Dyrham in AD 577. Below the ditches and banks defining the fort are ancient terraces built for farming.
Hinton, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Site of a pivotal 6th century battle

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Near the village of Notgrove stands a Neolithic long barrow of the Cotswold Severn type. The barrow is immediately beside the A436 between Bourton on the Water and Andoversford. The barrow has been filled in to avoid damage to the site.
Notgrove, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England

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Nympsfield Long Barrow is a Neolithic burial mound dating to about 2900 BCE, in a superb setting atop a high ridge of the Cotswold escarpment, with views out over the Severn Valley towards Wales. The barrow's internal burial chambers have been exposed for easy viewing allowing visitors to get a good sense of the chamber layout.
B4066, Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England, GL10 3TS

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Heritage Highlight: Exposed burial chambers

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Salmonsbury Camp, in Bourton-on-the-Water, began as a Neolithic causewayed enclosure and was later transformed into an Iron Age settlement, bounded by a system of earthwork banks and ditches. Salmonsbury is within the Greystones Farm Nature Reserve. See an authentic recreation of an Iron Age roundhouse.
Greystones Lane, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL54 2EN

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Heritage Highlight: Very well-preserved Iron Age earthworks

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Three Shires Stones is a Neolithic burial chamber marking the point where the historical boundaries of the counties of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset met.
Bannerdown Road, Fosse Way, Colerne, Gloucestershire, England, SN14 8AR

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Uley Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered long barrow located high on Crawley Hill, on the Cotswold escarpment, overlooking the Severn valley. The barrow is of the Cotswold-Severn type, similar to Nympsfield Long Barrow a mile away.
B4066, Uley, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL11 5AR

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A Neolithic long barrow with at least three chambers, contained within three concentric ditches. Remains of animal bones were found when the site was excavated. The barrow interior cannot be entered.
Oathill Lane, Rodmarton, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL7 6PU

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