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Shipton Barrow, Oxfordshire

Shipton Barrow is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located on a broad ridge on top of Shipton Down in Oxfordshire. The bowl barrow has been partially reduced by cultivation but survives as a visible mound 50ft in diameter and 2ft high. Adjacent to it is an Anglo-Saxon hlaew or burial mound. To the north-west, south-west and south-east of the mounds lies a three sided enclosure, the open fourth side of which is formed by the barrow. The site is within the council area of West Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008493.

Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Oxfordshire
Lat, Long: 51.837969,-1.6111869
Grid Reference: SP 2688 1555
Civil Parish: Shipton-under-Wychwood CP
Council Area: West Oxfordshire CA (Oxfordshire CA)
Police Area: Thames Valley PA

GBPN ID: 304370
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Shipton_Barrow,_Oxfordshire_304370

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