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Interrupted ditch system is a Neolithic monument located in Oxfordshire, England, consisting of a series of discontinuous ditches characteristic of causewayed enclosures from the early Neolithic period, approximately 3700 to 3500 BCE. The interrupted or segmented nature of the ditches, with regular gaps between sections, distinguishes this monument type from later continuous defensive earthworks. Such monuments are thought to have served ritual, communal, or aggregation purposes rather than primarily defensive functions, and the gaps in the ditch system may have facilitated access and movement through the site. The site represents an important example of early Neolithic settlement and social organisation in the Oxfordshire landscape during the fourth millennium BCE.
Interrupted ditch system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006340. View the official record →
Interrupted ditch system is a Neolithic monument located in Oxfordshire, England, consisting of a series of discontinuous ditches characteristic of causewayed enclosures from the early Neolithic period, approximately 3700 to 3500 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006340.
Interrupted ditch system 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 1006340.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm (4.5 km), Wyke monastic grange and section of 18th century turnpike road, 780m south of Tudor Farm (5.7 km), Badbury camp (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Interrupted ditch system'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.
Interrupted ditch system stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.