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Slatepits Copse long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument situated in Wychwood Forest near High Lodge in Oxfordshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents the funerary practices of the early farming communities that inhabited the Cotswolds region during the fourth millennium BC. Long barrows of this type typically served as communal burial places and are among the earliest monumental structures in Britain, reflecting the social organisation and ritual beliefs of Neolithic society. The monument's survival within the woodland setting has helped preserve its archaeological significance for future study.
Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011217. View the official record →
Slatepits Copse long barrow is a Neolithic burial monument situated in Wychwood Forest near High Lodge in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011217.
Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest 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 1011217.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood (4.1 km), Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall (5.1 km), Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest'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.
Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.