It is on a limestone ridge overlooking Wellow Brook approximately 200 metres (660 ft) to the north and west of the barrow.

[2] It is surrounded by a rectangular grass area accessed via a stile and footpath from a car park at Stoney Littleton Farm.

[5][6] The site was excavated by John Skinner and Richard Hoare in 1816-17, along with a labourer Zebedee Weston,[7] who gained the entry through the hole which was made previously.

[8] Since 1884 the Stoney Littleton Long Barrow has been in state care,[8] and is now managed by English Heritage who have provided an information board at the site.

[2] Severn-Cotswold tombs consist of precisely-built, long trapezoid earth mounds covering a burial chamber.