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Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley

England
List entry 1013235
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013235
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.49 hectares
Grid reference
SP 39101 19628
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barrow Place is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in the parish of Ditchley in Oxfordshire. The earthwork survives as a substantial mounded feature situated approximately 370 metres south-west of Lodge Farm. Such barrows served as funerary monuments and are characteristic of prehistoric ritual and burial practice in the region, with examples in this landscape typically dating from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of early settlement and ceremonial activity in Oxfordshire.

Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013235. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley?

Barrow Place is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in the parish of Ditchley in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013235.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley?

Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley 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 1013235.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oaklands Farm Roman villa (3.2 km), Fawler Roman villa (3.4 km), North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm (4.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Oaklands Farm Roman villa
3.2 km
Fawler Roman villa
3.4 km
North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm
4.3 km
Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge
4.7 km
Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park
5.4 km
Pair of bowl barrows at Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
5.6 km
Ring ditch near Long Hanborough
5.8 km
Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley

Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Barrow Place earthwork, 370m south west of Lodge Farm, Ditchley

AlchesterRoman town · ~11.2 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~19.6 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~13.9 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.6 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~18.4 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~18.7 miles
Domesday entry for Stonesfield, Oxfordshire →
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