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Lee's Rest Earthwork is a probable Romano-Celtic temple located approximately 200 metres north-east of Lee's Rest Farm in Oxfordshire. The monument dates to the Romano-British period and represents evidence of religious practice during the Roman occupation of Britain. The site survives as an earthwork, preserving the structural remains of what is believed to have been a small temple of Romano-Celtic type, a distinctive architectural form combining classical Roman and indigenous British religious traditions. Such temples typically served local communities and reflect the syncretic religious landscape of Roman Britain, where Roman administrative authority coexisted with established indigenous belief systems.
Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011226. View the official record →
Lee's Rest Earthwork is a probable Romano-Celtic temple located approximately 200 metres north-east of Lee's Rest Farm in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011226.
Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest 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 1011226.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm (4.4 km), Brize's Lodge bowl barrow, 400m east of Gospel Oak (5.3 km), Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Lee's Rest Earthwork: a probable Romano-Celtic temple 200m north east of Lee's Rest Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.