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Old Abingdon Road Culverts is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of culverts located in Berkshire, England. The structures date to the medieval period and represent engineering works associated with water management and drainage systems in the region. The culverts demonstrate the practical hydraulic infrastructure employed during the medieval era to manage watercourses and facilitate settlement or agricultural use of the landscape. Their survival provides archaeological evidence of medieval construction techniques and the importance placed upon controlling water flow in this area of Berkshire.
Old Abingdon Road Culverts is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1408790. View the official record →
Old Abingdon Road Culverts is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a series of culverts located in Berkshire, England.
Old Abingdon Road Culverts 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 1408790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barton (remains of) (6.4 km), Castle mound at Fitzharris (6.5 km), Abingdon Abbey (remains of) (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Old Abingdon Road Culverts'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.
Old Abingdon Road Culverts stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.