Wayland’s Smithy
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to the British Isles from continental Europe.Photo: Msemmett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site in Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wayland’s Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uffington Castle and Church of St Swithun.
Uffington Castle
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England. It covers about 3.2 ha and is surrounded by two earth banks separated by a ditch with an entrance in the western end. Uffington Castle is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Wayland’s Smithy.
Church of St Swithun
Church
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Swithun is situated 1 mile north of Wayland’s Smithy.
Dragon Hill
Peak
Photo: Frasmacon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. Dragon Hill is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wayland’s Smithy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashbury and Idstone.
Ashbury
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Idstone
Hamlet
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Idstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashbury in the Vale of White Horse. Idstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Idstone is about 6 miles east of Swindon in neighbouring Wiltshire. Idstone is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wayland’s Smithy.
Woolstone
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolstone is a village and civil parish about 4+1⁄2 miles south of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse. Woolstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 210. Woolstone is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wayland’s Smithy.
Wayland’s Smithy
Latitude
51.56672° or 51° 34′ 0″ northLongitude
-1.59609° or 1° 35′ 46″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C3WHC83+MHOpenStreetMap ID
way 349634594OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q2553002
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Wayland’s Smithy” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “韋蘭鐵匠長塚”
- German: “Wayland’s Smithy”
- German: “Waylands Smithy”
- Japanese: “ウェーランドの鍛冶場”
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Highlights include Windslow Bank and Knighton Coombes.
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