Wayland's Smithy long barrow © Sandy Gerrard cc-by-sa/2.0

SU2885 : Wayland's Smithy long barrow

taken 31 years ago, near to Ashbury, Oxfordshire, Great Britain

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Wayland's Smithy long barrow

Chambered long barrow with an impressive facade. Link

Wayland's Smithy

Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site close to The Ridgeway, an ancient road running along the Berkshire Downs. It is one of a locall variant of barrows constructed in south west Britain, known as the Severn-Cotswold group.
The barrow was built in two phases, a timber-chambered oval barrow built c3590-3550 BC and a stone-chambered long barrow built over it c3460-3400 BC. It is 56m long and 13m wide at the southern (entrance) end. Its present appearance is the result of restoration.

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Grid Square: SU2885, 149 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Sandy Gerrard (find more nearby)
Date Taken: January 1991 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 7 December, 2020
Geographical Context: Lowlands Historic sites and artefacts Burial ground, Crematorium
Primary Subject of Photo: Barrow
Subject Location: OSGB36: SU 2809 8537 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:33.9906N 1:35.7681W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SU 2809 8535
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)