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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kendrew Quadrangle Alternative Name: Oxford HengeCountry: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Oxford
Map Ref: SP51200695
Latitude: 51.758904N Longitude: 1.259591W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Henge in Oxfordshire. A ditch discovered as part of excavations in March 2008 was dentified as being part of henge monument, was created in the late Neolithic and Bronze Age (c. 2300). The ditch excavated here is/was up to 8m across and at least 2.5m deep, curves only very slightly and based on the small part of the plan so far recovered, would have enclosed an area of at least 150m diameter, encompassing all of what is now Keble College and the Pitt Rivers Museum.
[Photo Caption: St. Michael and the dragon atop Keble College chapel, right in the centre of the henge - theSongofFfraed]
This discovery adds considerable interest to cropmark evidence (visible from the air) in The Parks, already well known since the 1970s, showing three large circular ditches, and other features, These are usually thought to represent levelled Bronze Age round barrows (tumuli) but may be too large (40–50m across) for that interpretation; further, smaller circles more likely to be barrows surround them, in The Parks, the University Science Area and Sackler Street.
Several of these have been partially excavated in recent times. If the ditch in Blackhall Road is indeed a henge, this points to an even more significant ritual focus in this area.
More details, with photos at TVAS Archaeology.
Note: A look back to the excavations of 'The Oxford Henge' with lots of information now published - see the comments on our page for more - but what happened to the promised public exhibition?
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