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Belas Knap

Neolithic chambered long barrow, Gloucestershire

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Belas Knap is a neolithic, chambered long barrow situated on Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham and Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, England. It is a type of monument known as the Cotswold Severn Cairn, all of which have a similar trapezoid shape, and are found scattered along the River Severn. Belas Knap is described in the English Heritage designation listing statement as an "outstanding example representing a group of long barrows commonly referred to as the Cotswold-Severn group".

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1863–1865

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1928–1931

1963 excavations

1963

Construction

c. 3000 BC

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

51.93° N, -1.97° E