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Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm is a complex archaeological site in Oxfordshire combining two distinct periods of defensive and commemorative activity. The Bronze Age barrows, constructed during the second millennium BCE, represent funerary monuments typical of the period's burial practices, whilst the Civil War fieldworks overlay and post-date these Bronze Age features by approximately three thousand years, reflecting the military operations and fortifications of the seventeenth-century conflict. The juxtaposition of these two monument types on the same site provides archaeological evidence of landscape reuse across millennia. The site's retention of both Bronze Age and Civil War features makes it significant for understanding both prehistoric burial traditions and the later military geography of the English Civil War in Oxfordshire.
Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011224. View the official record →
Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm is a complex archaeological site in Oxfordshire combining two distinct periods of defensive and commemorative activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011224.
Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park 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 1011224.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood (4.3 km), Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church (4.8 km), North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm (4.8 km).
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Pair of Bronze Age round barrows and surrounding Civil War fieldworks 180m north-west of Park Farm stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.