Entrance to Wayland's Smithy

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Jeffrey King
by Sarah Charlesworth
published on 07 January 2019
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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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