Land Traces

The Long Stones long barrow is situated very close to the Beckhampton roundabout near Avebury and was possibly the terminus of the Beckhampton stone avenue which once snaked out westwards from the Avebury stone circle and included the adjacent Long Stones, alternatively known as ‘Adam & Eve’. It’s a very substantial barrow with the look of a Severn Cotswold type barrow due to its having what appears to be a ‘forecourt’, though this could also be due to agricultural mutilation or clumsy excavation. It was only partially excavated back in the 1800s when a Bronze Age cremation burial was found in an urn, so who knows what might be inside it!