The longbarrow Wysefool mentions near Wescot Wood contained a burial interred with some perforated seashells (perhaps a necklace then?). Far from home for some seashells. I wonder where they came from and what they meant to their owner? Had they ever been to the sea themselves?
(info from James Dyer’s ‘Discovering Regional Archaeology: The Cotswolds and the Upper Thames’ 1970)
According to magic, the site has been dated to 3415 BC, “currently the earliest date for a long barrow in Britain”.