A site we have also been to before, but always worth a visit. Belas Knap long barrow is quite a jaunt up a steep hill and through a wooded walk, it’s quite off the beaten track as with the others. Although I realise that is how it appears now to my eyes and the modern arrangement of the landscape. Agriculture and building works have greatly changed what was once here. This one is on the Cotswold Way, so actually not to far off the beaten track at all.

This structure has been excavated a number of times and was restored in the 1930’s to it’s present condition. What you see above is the apparent ‘false entrance’, and there are a number of side chambers and under the false entrance – although skeletal remains have been found during the chamber excavations, some of these have been dated to the bronze age, so in my mind cannot be attributed to it’s building.

   

These two chambers are on opposite sides of the barrow.

Just another in the long line of ancient mysteries left standing today. The adventure continues…

(c) K Wicks