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Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn

England
List entry 1018401
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018401
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SP 33922 23546
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hawk Stone is a standing stone located approximately 700 metres south of Claridges Barn in Oxfordshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age or Neolithic period, representing one of the region's prehistoric ritual or territorial markers. The stone survives as a substantial upright block, evidence of the ceremonial and landscape practices of ancient communities in the Oxfordshire area. Such standing stones typically served functions relating to burial practices, gathering places, or boundary demarcation within prehistoric societies.

Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018401. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn?

Hawk Stone is a standing stone located approximately 700 metres south of Claridges Barn in Oxfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018401.

Who is responsible for protecting Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn?

Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn 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 1018401.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest (6.9 km), Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest (7.1 km), Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest (7.4 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 200m west of Hawksnest Copse in Wychwood Forest
6.9 km
Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest
7.1 km
Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest
7.4 km
Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak
7.8 km
Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
8.5 km
Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
8.5 km
Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
9 km
Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn

Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Hawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges Barn

AlchesterRoman town · ~14.6 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~23.4 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~23.7 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~10.1 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~15.8 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.8 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~18.2 miles
Domesday entry for Dean, Oxfordshire →
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