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Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm

England
List entry 1015323
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015323
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
SP 31896 06338
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Anglo-Saxon burial mound located 450 metres north-west of University Farm in Oxfordshire is a scheduled ancient monument representing early medieval funerary practice. The barrow survives as an earthwork and belongs to the period of Anglo-Saxon settlement and consolidation in the region, likely dating to the fifth through seventh centuries. Such burial mounds typically contained inhumations or cremations and served as markers of territory and social status within early Anglo-Saxon communities. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to understanding the distribution and character of Anglo-Saxon settlement patterns across Oxfordshire.

Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015323. View the official record →

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What is Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm?

The Anglo-Saxon burial mound located 450 metres north-west of University Farm in Oxfordshire is a scheduled ancient monument representing early medieval funerary practice.

Who is responsible for protecting Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm?

Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015323.

What other scheduled monuments are near Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm (1 km), Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton (5.1 km), Burroway enclosure (6.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
1 km
Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton
5.1 km
Burroway enclosure
6.1 km
Causewayed enclosure and associated features on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately west of Rushey Weir
6.3 km
Causewayed enclosure, 900m west of Chimney Farm
6.4 km
Long mortuary enclosure and associated barrow 120m south of Rushey Weir
6.5 km
Ring ditches
6.6 km
Interrupted ditch system
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm

Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~17.7 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~17.9 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~18.4 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~23.8 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~16 miles
Domesday entry for Lew, Oxfordshire →
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