Wayland's Smithy

Local nameWayland's Smithy
LocationAshbury, UK

Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been constructed about 3600BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe. Although part of an architectural tradition of long barrow building that was widespread across Neolithic Europe, Wayland's Smithy belongs to a localised regional variant of barrows - found only in south-west of Britain - known as the Severn-Cotswold group. Wayland's Smithy is one of the best surviving examples of this type of barrow.

The site's appearance is a result of restoration following excavations undertaken by archaeologists, Stuart Piggott and Richard Atkinson, in 1962–63. Their research of the site showed it had been built in two different phases.

Tags Chambered TombScheduled MonumentLong BarrowEnglish HeritageNeolithicMegalithArchaeological SiteAccessibleFree
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland's_Smithy

Address SN6 8, United Kingdom

Coordinates 51°34'0.412" N -1°35'46.128" E

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