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The Devil's Quoits is a Neolithic henge monument situated near Wallingford in Oxfordshire. The site comprises a circular earthwork with an internal ditch and outer bank, characteristic of ceremonial and ritual monuments of the Neolithic period. The henge is notably well-preserved and represents an important example of Neolithic ritual architecture in the Thames Valley region. Such monuments typically served communal and ceremonial purposes for the early farming communities that constructed them during the Neolithic era.
The Devil's Quoits is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006359. View the official record →
The Devil's Quoits is a Neolithic henge monument situated near Wallingford in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006359.
The Devil's Quoits 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 1006359.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Great kitchen of manor house (1 km), Prehistoric and later settlements near Northmoor (1.5 km), Complex of rectangular enclosures, ring ditches and tracks (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Devil's Quoits'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.
The Devil's Quoits stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.