Editing Coldrum Long Barrow (section)

===The chamber===

[[File:Coldrum Long Barrow - geograph.org.uk - 653.jpg|thumb|left|The chamber of the Coldrum Stones, as seen from their western side|alt=Three large grey boulders stand, adjacent to each other, on an area of grass in the foreground of the picture. In the background, the land drops dramatically to reveal an area of lower farmland.]]

The inner chamber measures {{convert|13|ft|order=flip}} in length, and {{convert|5|ft|6|in|order=flip}} in width, although it was potentially much larger when originally constructed.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=13}} The chamber's internal height would have been at least {{convert|6|ft|6|in|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=13}} In its current state, the 
northern side of the chamber is made up of two slabs. One is {{convert|8|ft|order=flip}} long, {{convert|7|ft|6|in|order=flip}} deep, and {{convert|1|ft|9|in|order=flip}} thick;
the other is {{convert|5|ft|order=flip}} long, nearly {{convert|6|ft|order=flip}} deep, and {{convert|2|ft|order=flip}} thick.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=13}} Conversely, the chamber's southern side consists of a single slab, measuring {{convert|11|ft|4|in|order=flip}} in length, {{convert|7|ft|3|in|order=flip}} in depth, and {{convert|1|ft|9|in|order=flip}} in thickness at its eastern end.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=13}}

The western end of the chamber is closed off with a slab measuring about {{convert|4|ft|6|in|order=flip}} wide, with a thickness of {{convert|1|ft|order=flip}} and a depth of around {{convert|8|ft|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=13}} A collapsed, broken slab lies at the chamber's opening, eastern end.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=14}} It is also possible that a largely rectangular slab at the bottom of the slope had once been part of the chamber's eastern end.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=14}} Excavation has revealed that flint masonry was used to pack around the chamber and support its sarsens; 20th-century renovation has seen this largely replaced with cement, allowing the stones to continue standing upright.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=15}}

It is possible that there was a facade in front of the chamber, as is evident at other chambered tombs in Britain, such as [[West Kennet Long Barrow]] and [[Wayland's Smithy]].{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=19}} It is also possible that there was a [[portal stone]] atop the chamber, as was apparent at Kit's Coty House and Lower Kit's Coty House.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=19}} Many of the larger slabs of stone that have fallen down the slope on the eastern end of the monument may have been parts of this facade or portal.{{sfn|Ashbee|1998|p=19}}