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Belas Knap Long Barrow in LiDAR

Belas Knap Long Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow in Gloucestershire. Here it is in the Environment Agency's 1 m LiDAR, shaded so the shape of the ground stands out. Look for a wedge-shaped mound about 70m long running north to south, wider at its north end, with a bowl barrow 80m to the south-west.

What you can see

• The wedge-shaped mound runs 70m north to south, is 26m wide at the north end and 17m at the south, and stands about 3m high. (Historic England)
• Its northern forecourt is fronted by a 'false entrance' of two standing stones and a lintel that never led inside. (Historic England)
• Four burial chambers lie within the mound, each reached by its own entrance in the side of the mound. (Historic England)
• A Bronze Age bowl barrow lies 80m to the south-west, within sight of the long barrow. (Historic England)

Visiting

English Heritage says it is free and open daily all year round during daylight hours, just over half a mile from the lay-by along a steep public footpath. (English Heritage)

Official record: Historic England list entry 1008199: Belas Knap long barrow 600m ESE of Hill Barn Farm.

Look, don't detect or dig

Belas Knap Long Barrow is a Scheduled Monument, protected by law because it's of national importance. In England it's a criminal offence to use a metal detector on a Scheduled Monument without Historic England's written consent, and to remove any object of archaeological or historical interest found with one. Damaging a scheduled monument is an offence too, and works on one, including digging, need Scheduled Monument Consent first. More on Scheduled Monuments and the rules.

Keep to paths and open access land, and follow the Countryside Code.

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