Scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire

There are 379 scheduled monuments in the county of Oxfordshire, England.[1] These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period, and include stone circles, a medieval tithe barn, ruined abbeys, castles, and Roman villas.[2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites and historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[3]

Notable scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire

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This is a partial list of scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire.

Image Name Location Date Notes
  Carfax Conduit 51°40′31″N 1°13′28″W / 51.67531°N 1.22446°W / 51.67531; -1.22446 1610 AD Stone water conduit that supplied the city of Oxford with water until 1787.[4]
  Devil's Quoits 51°44′24″N 1°24′21″W / 51.7400°N 1.4059°W / 51.7400; -1.4059 4000–5000 BC The monument is an important class II circle henge monument of the Late Neolithic era.[5]
  Great Coxwell Barn 51°38′40″N 1°36′46″W / 51.64434°N 1.61279°W / 51.64434; -1.61279 1292 AD notes
  North Leigh Roman Villa 51°50′10″N 1°25′28″W / 51.8362°N 1.4245°W / 51.8362; -1.4245 c. 100 AD Large courtyard-style Roman villa.[6]
  Oxford Castle 51°45′06″N 1°15′48″W / 51.7517°N 1.2632°W / 51.7517; -1.2632 1071 AD Ruined medieval castle. Mostly destroyed during the English Civil War.[7]
  Rollright Stones 51°58′32″N 1°34′15″W / 51.9755532°N 1.5707995°W / 51.9755532; -1.5707995 3800–3500 BC A group of Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monuments.[8]
  Uffington White Horse 51°34′42″N 1°34′00″W / 51.57830°N 1.56671°W / 51.57830; -1.56671 1380–550 BC Carved into the chalk hillside, the monument is the oldest prehistoric hill figure in Britain.[9]
  Wayland's Smithy 51°34′00″N 1°35′46″W / 51.5667811°N 1.5961466°W / 51.5667811; -1.5961466 c. 3600 BC A

Cotswold-Severn style chambered long barrow of the Early Neolithic era.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire". Historic England. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Dorset". Ancient Monuments UK. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Scheduled Monuments". Historic England. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Carfax Conduit". Oxford History. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ "The Devil's Quoits". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  6. ^ "North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Rollright Stones". English Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Against All Odds, England's Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.