Scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire
List of scheduled monuments in the county of Oxfordshire, England
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
This is a partial list of scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire.
Image | Name | Location | Date | Notes |
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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
References
- ^ "Scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire". Historic England. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Dorset". Ancient Monuments UK. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Scheduled Monuments". Historic England. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Carfax Conduit". Oxford History. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "The Devil's Quoits". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Rollright Stones". English Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Against All Odds, England's Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.