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Wayland's Smithy is a chambered long barrow located on the Berkshire Downs near the Uffington White Horse, dating to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500 BCE. The monument comprises two distinct phases of construction: an earlier barrow of Neolithic date lies beneath a later, more substantial long barrow with a stone-built chamber, which was constructed in the subsequent Neolithic phase. The site demonstrates multiple periods of use and modification, with evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British boundary ditches cutting across the monument, indicating its continued significance as a landscape feature in later prehistoric and Roman times. The long barrow itself is a substantial earthwork with a stone chamber that would have served a funerary and possibly ritual function for Neolithic communities.
Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008409. View the official record →
Wayland's Smithy is a chambered long barrow located on the Berkshire Downs near the Uffington White Horse, dating to the Neolithic period, approximately 3500 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008409.
Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary 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 1008409.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ditch on Boydon Hole Farm (7.3 km), Bowl barrow on Farncombe Down, 500m south west of Baydon Hole (7.4 km), Bowl barrow on Sugar Hill (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary 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.
Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.