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Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks is a prehistoric monument located in Oxfordshire comprising multiple earthwork features of archaeological significance. The site consists of rectangular enclosure systems, circular or ring-ditched structures, and associated linear trackways, elements typical of later Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement patterns in southern England. The earthwork remains represent domestic and possibly ceremonial organisation of a prehistoric community, with the ring ditches indicating the presence of barrows or circular structures characteristic of Bronze Age funerary or settlement archaeology. The linear tracks suggest communication routes and land division reflecting the agricultural and territorial management practices of the prehistoric period.
Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006342. View the official record →
Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks is a prehistoric monument located in Oxfordshire comprising multiple earthwork features of archaeological significance. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006342.
Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks 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 1006342.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery 290m east of Old Shifford Farm (1.3 km), New Bridge (2.1 km), Prehistoric and later settlements near Northmoor (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.