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Squire's Clump is an Anglo-Saxon burial mound situated approximately five hundred metres south-west of Iron Buildings in Oxfordshire. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork, characteristic of early medieval funerary practice in southern England during the fifth to seventh centuries. Such barrows typically contained high-status burials, often with grave goods reflective of the deceased's rank and wealth. The site's survival as a visible landscape feature demonstrates the enduring physical legacy of Anglo-Saxon burial customs in the English countryside.
Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009426. View the official record →
Squire's Clump is an Anglo-Saxon burial mound situated approximately five hundred metres south-west of Iron Buildings in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009426.
Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings 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 1009426.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest (7.5 km), Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm (7.8 km), Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings'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.
Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.