There are 379 scheduled monuments in the county of Oxfordshire, England.[1] These protected sites date in some cases from the Neolithic period, and include stone circles, a medieval tithe barn, ruined abbeys, castles, and Roman villas.[2] In the United Kingdom, the scheduling of monuments was first initiated to ensure the preservation of "nationally important" archaeological sites and historic buildings. Protection is given to scheduled monuments under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[3]
Notable scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire
editThis is a partial list of scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Scheduled monuments in Oxfordshire". Historic England. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Historic County of Dorset". Ancient Monuments UK. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Scheduled Monuments". Historic England. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Carfax Conduit". Oxford History. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "The Devil's Quoits". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Rollright Stones". English Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Against All Odds, England's Massive Chalk Horse Has Survived 3,000 Years". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches". Historic England. Retrieved 11 February 2024.