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Watchfield Anglo-Saxon cemetery is an archaeological site in Berkshire dating to the early medieval period. The cemetery represents an important funerary site of the Anglo-Saxon era, providing evidence of burial practices and settlement patterns in the region during this formative period of English history. The remains and artefacts recovered from the site contribute to understanding of Anglo-Saxon society and material culture in the Thames Valley area.
Watchfield Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010755. View the official record →
Watchfield Anglo-Saxon cemetery is an archaeological site in Berkshire dating to the early medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010755.
Watchfield Anglo-Saxon cemetery 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 1010755.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches (6.3 km), Uffington Castle: a univallate hillfort immediately north of the Ridgeway on Whitehorse Hill (6.7 km), Site of Roman town, W of Wanborough House (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Watchfield Anglo-Saxon cemetery'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.
Watchfield Anglo-Saxon cemetery stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.