Nympsfield Long Barrow, Gloucestershire
Built c.3800 BC from local stone. Originally about 2m (6ft.) high. Probably used as burial chambers for about two centuries before being having entrance filled in. Excavated in 1862 and 1937. Reconstructed to present form in 1974. Visited by Sir John Maclean, Vice-President of the Royal Archeological Institute on 22ndContinue Reading