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Ring ditches is a Bronze Age monument located in Oxfordshire, England, comprising a circular ditch with an associated internal or external bank that typically enclosed a burial mound or ceremonial space. Such monuments are characteristic of the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 800 BCE, and served primarily as funerary or ritual centres, often marking the graves of individuals of status within their communities. The earthwork survives as a cropmark or soil feature visible through soil variation and archaeological survey, though original dimensions and preservation condition vary according to local land use history. Ring ditches of this type are distributed widely across southern England and represent important archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns, burial practices, and land organisation.
Ring ditches is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006339. View the official record →
Ring ditches is a Bronze Age monument located in Oxfordshire, England, comprising a circular ditch with an associated internal or external bank that typically enclosed a burial mound or ceremonial space. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006339.
Ring ditches 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 1006339.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm (3.9 km), Wyke monastic grange and section of 18th century turnpike road, 780m south of Tudor Farm (5 km), Badbury camp (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring ditches'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.
Ring ditches stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.