Nympsfield Long Barrow
We had gone to Stroud in the final throws of 2025 for the folklore and 2-in-1 pie but ended up with a trip full of Neolithic burial sites, Roman Villas, and epic castles. So we ended up at Nympsfield Long Barrow because we were driving past and we're glad we did. It isn't Kit's Coty which we hold near and dear, but it is pretty cool all the same. So this Neolithic burial chamber lies on the edge of a scarp of Jurassic Oolitic Limestone which matches the design of other Long Barrows in the area meaning that this is just how this particular settlement made them. Nympsfield has been excavated three times, first in 1862, then in 1937, and again in 1974. Collectively 23 bodies were found within the site and it seems that the remains of cremated children were placed in a separate cist. They found that the majority of the settlement buried here had common medical issues of the time, pretty basic ailments such as mouth infections and abscesses. The experts reckon tha...
