Wayland's Smithy

Wayland's Smithy
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Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near Ashbury, Oxfordshire, completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities shortly after agriculture arrived in the British Isles [1]. It belongs to the Severn-Cotswold regional variant of barrows, found only in southwest Britain, and remains one of the best surviving examples of this type [1].

TypeBarrow
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.5668° N, 1.5961° W

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