Wayland's Smithy, Berkshire
Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic chambered long barrow near Ashbury, Berkshire. The long barrow was built over an earlier wooden and earthen funerary chamber, as well as two field boundary ditches dating from the Iron Age and the Romano-British periods. The main focus of the monument is a partially reconstructed stone-faced chalk mound 170ft long and up to 30ft wide with a façade at its south end. It is within the council area of Vale of White Horse (Oxfordshire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008409.
Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Berkshire
Lat, Long: 51.566619,-1.5964367
Grid Reference: SU 2806 8538
Civil Parish: Ashbury CP
Council Area: Vale of White Horse CA (Oxfordshire CA)
Police Area: Thames Valley PA
GBPN ID: 305435
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Wayland's_Smithy,_Berkshire_305435
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008409.
Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Berkshire
Lat, Long: 51.566619,-1.5964367
Grid Reference: SU 2806 8538
Civil Parish: Ashbury CP
Council Area: Vale of White Horse CA (Oxfordshire CA)
Police Area: Thames Valley PA
GBPN ID: 305435
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Wayland's_Smithy,_Berkshire_305435
Peruse Berkshire on Wikishire

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