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title: Entrance to Wayland's Smithy
author: Sarah Charlesworth
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9798/entrance-to-waylands-smithy/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Entrance to Wayland's Smithy

_Authored by Sarah Charlesworth_

## Image File

[![Entrance to Wayland's Smithy](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9798.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9798.jpg)

## Image Caption

Wayland's Smithy is a [Neolithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Neolithic/) [long barrow](https://www.worldhistory.org/Long_Barrow/) and [burial](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) chamber in Oxfordshire, [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/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.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Charlesworth, S. (2019, January 07). Entrance to Wayland's Smithy. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9798/entrance-to-waylands-smithy/>
### Chicago
Charlesworth, Sarah. "Entrance to Wayland's Smithy." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 07, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9798/entrance-to-waylands-smithy/>.
### MLA
Charlesworth, Sarah. "Entrance to Wayland's Smithy." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Jan 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9798/entrance-to-waylands-smithy/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Wayland%27s_Smithy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_933001.jpg) by [**Sarah Charlesworth**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Wayland%27s_Smithy_-_geograph.org.uk_-_933001.jpg). Submitted by [Jeffrey King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/koenig20054u/ "User Page: Jeffrey King"), published on 07 January 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.