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Archaeological sites · South East England

Wayland's Smithy

In or near Vale of White Horse.

Wayland's Smithy — Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

Wayland's Smithy

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Wayland's Smithy is a archaeological in south east. (Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site in Oxfordshire, England.) Wikipedia notes: "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.". Coordinates 51.5668°, -1.5961°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
51.5668, -1.5961

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