EXPLORING A PREHISTORIC BURIAL CHAMBER | BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW | THE COTSWOLDS

Welcome back to Gloucestershire and The Cotswolds for my final video from my recent trip there for New Year! After a brilliant wild camp on Leckhampton Hill overlooking Cheltenham for New Year's Eve 2021, I drove to a nearby prehistoric site, Belas Knap Long Barrow. It was a good mile, nearly 2 mile walk up a hill and through some woodland via The Cotswold Way long distance path through thick mud to reach the long barrow, but of course it was well worth it! This is one of the three most significant long barrow sites in the country, so it was a must see for a history nerd like myself! The site is over 5,500 years old, older than the pyramids! It housed nearly 40 skeletons, some in upright seated positions, who died in the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period! Hope you enjoy the video as much as I did making it! Thanks! If you feel you would like to donate towards the upkeep of this channel, as I do not monetize my channel or it's content, you can do so by using my email address [email protected] through PayPal (my account is tomoutdoors88). All donations will go towards the costs of making new content. Thank you. Music in this video: Spirit of Fire by Jesse Gallagher.