Entrance to Wayland's Smithy

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Illustration

Jeffrey King
by Sarah Charlesworth
published on 07 January 2019

Wayland's Smithy is a Neolithic long barrow and burial chamber in Oxfordshire, England which dates to the 4th Millennium BCE. The site was built in two phases, a timber oval chamber was constructed c. 3570 BCE, and the stone long barrow pictured was constructed around 3430 BCE.

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Charlesworth, S. (2019, January 07). Entrance to Wayland's Smithy. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9798/entrance-to-waylands-smithy/

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Charlesworth, Sarah. "Entrance to Wayland's Smithy." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 07, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9798/entrance-to-waylands-smithy/.

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