![]() There are no facilities at the long barrow itself, and if you want to drive closer than we did there is a small layby for just a handful of cars. ![]() If you’d like to know more about that route, you can read a full blog post on our very muddy experience.īelas Knap long barrow is an English Heritage site but it is free to enter. We hiked this circular route from Winchcombe when we visited, which is described in the AA’s 50 Walks in the Cotswolds guidebook. The barrow has been restored and is open to visitors all year round. This particular barrow, with walls of limestone and covered in turf, has a false entrance and side chambers, and when excavated in 18, the remains of 38 people were found inside. It might look like a green mound in a field, but it would have been the centrepiece of the settlement, a significant presence on the Wolds, and it’s likely the whole community would have helped to build it. Belas Knap – or beacon hill – is a great example of a Neolithic long barrow. The Cotswolds is scattered with settlement remains, including tombs. ![]() Just the other side of Cleeve Hill if you look at from Cheltenham is the lovely village of Winchcombe, where we head for our first of four hills in this post. My post a couple of years ago featuring four hills to climb near Cheltenham has been one of my most popular hiking blogs to date, so I figured, why not do another?! We might not be in the heart of the Peaks or the Lakes here in Gloucestershire, but we have some absolutely stunning views from lovely hills very close by. ![]()
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